Entering Western Political Philosophy (History, Models, and Deconstruction)

Author: Ouyang Ying
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is the crystallization of the author's decade-long dedicated research into Western political philosophy. It is divided into three parts: Part I breaks through the distinction between value judgments and factual judgments to re-examine the 2,500-year history of Western political philosophy and clearly positions postmodernist political philosophy from the perspective of factual judgments; Part II distills the underlying modes of thinking in Western political philosophy and delves into the reasons why contemporary Western political philosophy has fallen into a predicament from the perspective of these modes of thinking; Part III offers new interpretations of political phenomena at three levels—state, power, and value—revealing the connections between justice and the state, democracy and power, and ideology and value. This book presents original insights, is rich in content, and is well-supported by evidence, making it a valuable reference for those studying Western political philosophy.