Politics without vision : thinking without a banister in the twentieth century / Tracy B. Strong.

Author/creator Strong, Tracy B.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Descriptionxiv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The world as we find it -- Kant and the death of God -- Nietzsche: the tragic ethos and the spirit of music -- Max Weber, magic, and the politics of social scientific objectivity -- "What have we to do with morals?": Nietzsche and Weber on the politics of morality -- Sigmund Freud and the heroism of knowledge -- Lenin and the calling of the party -- Carl Schmitt and the exceptional sovereign -- Martin Heidegger and the space of the political -- Without a banister: Hannah Arendt and roads not taken -- Conclusion: the world as it finds us.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011043370
ISBN9780226777467 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226777464 (cloth : alkaline paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JA83 .S765 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold