Brecht Political Theory

The Foundations of Twentieth-Century Political Thought
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7855-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2311, 630 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Brecht, Arnold

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Preface to the Fifth Printing, pg. xi
Acknowledgments, pg. xv
Contents, pg. xvii
Introductory, pg. 1
Chapter I. Theory of Scientific Method: Facts and Logic, pg. 27
Chapter II. Theory of Scientific Method (Continued): Causality, Tests, Prediction, pg. 73
Chapter III. Theory of Scientific Value Relativism (Value Alternativism), pg. 117
Chapter IV. Theory of Justice and the Impact on it of Scientific Method and Value Relativism, pg. 136
Chapter V. Precursors and Cousins, pg. 165
Chapter VI. The Rise of Scientific Value Relativism, pg. 207
Chapter VII. The Revolt, pg. 261
Chapter VIII. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Identify Highest Values, pg. 302
Chapter IX. Factual, Not Logical, Links between Is and Ought, pg. 367
Chapter X. Universal Postulates of Justice, pg. 387
Chapter XI. Truth and Justice, pg. 404
Chapter XII. Impossibility (Limited Possibility), pg. 417
Chapter XIII. Twentieth-Century Political Science and the Belief in God, pg. 456
Results, pg. 480
Appendix A. Note Regarding a Planned Second Volume, pg. 495
Appendix B. Miscellaneous Notes on Special Questions and on Literature, pg. 499
Supplementary Notes on Literature, pg. 575
Index of Names, pg. 581
Subject Index, pg. 588