Originally published: 2010.
I. What is political theory and why do we need it? 1. What is political theory?
2. Why do we need political theory?
3. Is there an Indian political theory?
- II. Normative frameworks. 4. Political secularism
5. The multicultural framework
6. The continuing relevance of socialism
- III. In the face of injustice. 7. How should we respond to the cultural injustices of colonialism?
8. Restoring decency to barbaric societies
9. Ordinary feelings, extraordinary events: moral complexity in 9/11
10. Literature, censorship, and democracy
- IV. Modernity and identity. 11. Religious and secular identities
12. Are there alternative modernities?
- V. Philosophy of social science. 13. Holism and individualism in history and social science
14. What makes something social?
15. Teleology and ethnocentrism in social science
16. Objective significance in critical social theory.
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What is political theory and why do we need it? by Rajeev Bhargava. ISBN 9780198088394. Published by Oxford University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
