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基本説明
Does the dithering intellectualism of left politics prevent genuine political action? Many theorists have said this, but this book refutes these arguments, reconciling philosophical debates with the realities of current activism.
Full Description
Many theorists have addressed a central concern of current political theory by contending that the dithering intellectualism of left politics prevents genuine political action. Arguments and Fists confronts this concern by refuting these arguments, and reconciling philosophical debates with the realities of current activism. By looking at theorists such as Montesquieu, Kant, Rousseau, the book contradicts current academic debates and also goes against contemporary theory's image of the liberal political agent as a narrowly rational abstraction. Mika LaVaque-Manty also argues that progressive political philosophy and political action go hand in hand. He then ventures past Kant and Rousseau to talk about specific environmental activism, finding middle ground between the two while asserting that the liberal urge for political reform stems from sound philosophical considerations about the nature of politics and isn't the cowardly afterthoughts some theorists have called it. Arguments and Fists then puts these theoretical insights to use, examining environmental justice movements and varieties of environmental radicalism, showing how liberal theory illuminates concrete contemporary political practices.
Contents
Part I. A Critque of Political Agency 1. Agency and Politics--Problems for Liberal Theory? 2. The Scope of the Political Part II. Passions and Reasons 3. If All Are Wicked, How Can They Change? 4. Liberalism Grown Pale and Konigsbergian Part III. No Secret Agents 5. Landfills and Justice Political Arguments, Their Justification, and Liberal Theory 6. On Collective Agency 7. Who Is an Agent? 8. Agency and Liberal Legitimacy Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography
