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A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy: 2 Volume Set

By Robert E. Goodin , Philip Pettit , Thomas W. Pogge

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2007
ISBN
1405136537, 9781405136532
LCC
JA71 .C565 2007
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5220092 bytes)
Series
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
Edition
2
Pages
952\952
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

This is a very good, but flawed book. Most key topics in contemporary political philosophy are covered, albeit from an almost wholly analytic standpoint. However, there are some puzzling omissions. One of the most faults of the Goodin/ Pettit book is its strong secularist bias. Theism is not simply ignored, it is denigrated, As Professor Elshtain pointed out in her review, the authors seem unaware of the persistent importance of faith in political life and thought.

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