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9780230618633

Comparative Political Theory An Introduction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230618633

  • ISBN10:

    0230618634

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-04-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

This book is a textbook designed for teaching a new subfield in political science: the emerging field of "comparative political theory". It is the first such textbook.

Author Biography

Fred Dallmayr is Packey J. Dee Professor in the departments of philosophy and political science at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

PART I: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL THEORY AND CULTURAL COMPARISON * Beyond Monologue: For A Comparative Political Theory--Fred Dallmayr * PART II: ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT * The Golden Age: The Political Concepts of Islam-­-Ira R. Lapidus * Alfarab--Muhsin Madhi * A View Across Time: Islam as the Religion of Reason--Roxanne L. Euben * Contemporary Islam: Reformation or Revolution?--John L. Esposito * The Political Discourse of Contemporary Islamist Movements--Youssef Choueiri * PART III: INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT * Some Reflections on the Hindu Tradition of Political Thought--Bhikhu Parekh * Of Artha and Arthashastra--K. J. Shah * The Socio-Religious and Political Thought of Rammohun Roy--Thomas Pantham * Gandhi and the Emergence of the Modern Indian Political Canon--Anthony Parel * The Political Ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru--R. C. Pillai * PART IV: EAST ASIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT * The Value of the Human in Classical Confucian Thought--Tu Weiming * Law and Society in Confucian Thought--Ronald C. Keith * The Contemporary Relevance of Confucianism--Daniel A. Bell and Hahm Chaibong * Buddhist Principles in the Tibetan Liberation Movement--José I. Cabezón * East Asia and the West: Catching Up With Each Other--Wm. Theodore de Bary

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