In this book Robert Fine reviews three great studies of modern political life: Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right , Marx's Capital and Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism. The book not only offers a reinterpretation of these individual texts, but shows what is revealed when these texts are freed from their intellectual isolation and read together as a living unity. In Fine's account all three emerge as critical texts which contrast the great promise of modern politics - freedom, equality, solidarity - with the grubbier reality of domination and violence. They are all revealed as empirical works which analyze the actual forms of political modernity; as scientific works which are not content merely with describing external appearances; as dynamic works concerned with the movement and trajectory of modern politics; and finally as unmasking texts which not only address the illusions of modern politics but also the illusion of unmasking itself.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415239080
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95895584
Product Key Features
Author
Robert Fine
Publication Name
Political Investigations: Hegel, Marx and Arendt
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
295g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Fine
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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