Description
The topic White has made his own is both a difficult one to engage and the topic that political theorists and philosophers will avoid at their peril over the next decade. The book itself is pathbreaking: partly because it demonstrates through its very comparisons the incorrigibility of the ontological dimension of political thought; partly because White works so effectively within and between the texts he examines, carrying them to places they had resisted, or had not been prepared to go. A timely and effective book. -- William Connolly, The Johns Hopkins University A significant contribution to political theory, this book presents a systematic and rich account of how theorizing informed by what we might call a postmodern sensibility can go beyond 'deconstruction' to develop 'positive' or 'affirmative' accounts of moral and political life, without abandoning the critique of foundationalism. -- J. Donald Moon, Wesleyan University
About the Author
Stephen K. White teaches political theory at Virginia Tech. He is the editor of the journal Political Theory and author of several books, including Political Theory and Postmodernism and Edmund Burke: Politics, Modernity, and Aesthetics.
Reviews
"This is an excellent and refreshing book whose brevity and modest tone belie its substantial achievement."--Patchen Markell, Ethics "A timely contribution to the contemporary debates regarding democracy, pluralism, and the limits of political liberalism."--Brett T. Wilmot, The Journal of Religion "Sustaining Affirmation is a highly original project that is brilliantly executed and leaves recent political thought looking different than in any other of our current attempts to understand it."--Morton Schoolman, American Political Science Review "This thoughtful and timely work consists of close engagements with four influential contemporary political thinkers. The book will be valuable for students of these thinkers, to the thinkers themselves, and to anyone interested in the question of how to think about morals and politics in these late modern times."--Richard E. Flathman, Journal of Politics "A powerful vision of the world and a sustaining vision of what human beings can get from that world. It has been a long time since a book made me think and rethink so much. One could not ask for more."--Simone Chambers, Constellations
Book Information
ISBN 9780691050331
Author Stephen K. White
Format Paperback
Page Count 173
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 28g