The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy (Bloomsbury Companions)

"The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy is the definitive guide to contemporary political philosophy. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Fourteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts, including Eduardo Mendieta and Gillian Brock, reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores a range of issues from the nature and history of political philosophy, sovereignty, distributive justice, democratic theory, feminist theory, to toleration, human rights, immigration, cosmopolitanism, peace, war, and the challenge of Eurocentrism in political philosophy. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources, and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone researching or working in political philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, UTOPIA, AND REALISM CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES AND ASSUMPTIONS METAPOLITICS, POLITICAL THEORY, AND APPLIED POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY UTOPIAN CONTEMPLATION AND PRACTICAL REASON HUMANITIES OR SOCIAL SCIENCE? JUSTICE, THE GOOD LIFE, AND POLITICAL EXHORTATION PRECIS/SYNOPOSIS 1 THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 2 SOVEREIGNTY GENEALOGY OF THE CONCEPT OF SOVEREIGNTY CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY AND EMERGING ISSUES CONCLUSION 3 COSMOPOLITANISM INTRODUCTION COSMOPOLITANISM: TWO IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS WHAT DOES COSMOPOLITAN JUSTICE REQUIRE? ARE COMPATRIOTS SPECIAL? MUST COSMOPOLITANS REJECT ANY FORM OF PARTIALITY? IS THE MATTER OF LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY IN THE GLOBAL DOMAIN PROBLEMATIC? COSMOPOLITANISM IN THE REAL WORLD 4 HUMAN RIGHTS POLITICAL THEORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS MORAL RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONSTRAINTS ON THEORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS FIVE CHALLENGES AGAINST NATURALISTIC THEORIES HUMAN RIGHTS AS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON CONCLUSION 5 DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE A LIBERTARIAN APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE RAWLS’S EGALITARIAN VIEW OTHER SCHEMES OF DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE JUST DISTRIBUTION IN THE GLOBAL SPHERE WHY NOT GLOBAL RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRACTICES AND AIMS OF GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES 6 REASSESSING PUNISHMENT: RETRIBUTIVE VERSUS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE JUST RETRIBUTION QUESTIONING RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE 7 WAR THE STATE-CENTRIC CONCEPTION OF WAR (REALISM) AND ITS PRESUPPOSITIONS RECENT CHALLENGES TO THE STATE-CENTRIC MODEL “MILITARY ETHICS” AND THE LAWS OF WAR JUS IN BELLO AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY ETHICS CONCLUSION: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF POSTMODERN WAR 8 PEACE THE NATURE OF PEACE AND THE STATE OF NATURE HISTORICAL AND MULTICULTURAL PRECEDENTS PACIFISMS THE PEACE OF LIBERAL, DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM 9 LIBERAL TOLERATION NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL TOLERATION SO-CALLED PARADOXES OF TOLERATION TOLERATION, THE LIBERAL STATE, AND NEUTRALITY THE DUTY OF CIVILITY AND PUBLIC REASONS JUSTIFICATIONS OF TOLERATION FURTHER ISSUES FOR RESEARCH 10 DEMOCRATIC THEORY EQUALITY AND AUTONOMY A THEORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS: WHO IS A CITIZEN? A THEORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS: THEORIES OF DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATION JUSTIFICATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC WAY OF GOVERNANCE 11 FEMINISM AND GENDER INTRODUCTION RELATIONAL IDENTITIES AND THE ETHICS OF CARE JUSTICE AND GENDER DEMOCRATIC THEORY AND GENDER POLICY AND FEMINIST THEORY GLOBAL JUSTICE AND GENDER NEW FRONTIERS 12 IMMIGRATION AND BORDERS INTRODUCTION ARGUMENTS FOR THE STATE’S RIGHT TO EXCLUDE SELF-DETERMINATION ARGUMENTS THE FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION ARGUMENT THE ASSOCIATIVE OWNERSHIP ARGUMENT ARGUMENTS FOR OPEN BORDERS THE LUCK EGALITARIAN ARGUMENT FEMINIST ARGUMENTS CONCLUSION 13 THE FUTURE(S) OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY INTRODUCTION THE LAST 20 YEARS POLITICAL THOUGHT: APPROACHES AND CONCERNS THE RAWLS INDUSTRY APPLIED POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY REALITY CHECK: THE DIMINUTION OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE CONCLUSION APPENDIX A 14 GLOBALIZATION, COSMOPOLITICS, DECOLONIALITY: POLITICS FOR/OF THE ANTHROPOCENE DECOLONIZING POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE CHRONOLOGY BEFORE THE COMMON ERA COMMON ERA GLOSSARY RESEARCH RESOURCES ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Index "The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy is the definitive guide to contemporary political philosophy. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Fourteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts, including Eduardo Mendieta and Gillian Brock, reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores a range of issues from the nature and history of political philosophy, sovereignty, distributive justice, democratic theory, feminist theory, to toleration, human rights, immigration, cosmopolitanism, peace, war, and the challenge of Eurocentrism in political philosophy. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources, and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone researching or working in political philosophy"-- Provided by publisher