Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Political Theory
- Mangesh Kulkarni - University of Pune, India
Introduction to Political Theory
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Political Theory offers fresh and thought-provoking perspectives on some of the most pressing public concerns of our times.
The volume includes a dozen articles that draw upon a wide spectrum of social sciences and humanities (political science, sociology, international studies, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural studies) to explore the historically-grounded contemporaneity and the interdisciplinarity of political theory. It represents the joint endeavor of the editor and twelve outstanding scholars affiliated with renowned academic institutions spanning four continents.
The contributors shed light on and provide insights into a broad range of issues that are of current relevance in the domains of both theory and practice. The book covers considerable ground as it grapples with a variety of topics (democracy, justice, civil society, torture), thinkers (Camus, Rawls, Habermas, Derrida) and frameworks (Marxism, critical theory, public choice, feminism).
The central contention of the book is that the destiny of humankind will depend increasingly upon our collective intellectual and practical capacity to shape the global configuration of capital, power and knowledge that is emerging in the matrix of late modernity.
This book synergises a wide array of knowledge contributed by scholars from various fields of social sciences and humanities. The theoretical debates, arguments and suggested solutions put forth in these twelve essays have addressed relevant, current and pivotal issues in the post-Cold War period. The readers would certainly benefit from the captured knowledge that is viewed from the angle of critical approaches.
The volume gives the reader an insight into the lively debate on a wide range of topics which characteristics political theory in India today.
