The Crisis of Political Theory: An Inquiry Into Contemporary ThoughtIs political theory in the grip of a crisis? Om Bakshi here assesses the status of contemporary political thought, a subject of intense debate in recent years, and contends that the classical tradition, if not other traditions of thought, has tended towards decline. |
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The Crisis of Political Theory | 12 |
The Social and Intellectual Context of the Crisis | 40 |
The State of Contemporary Political Thought | 53 |
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