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The Odyssey of Political Theory
The Politics of Departure and Return
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2003
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This path-breaking and eloquent analysis of The Odyssey, and the way it has been interpreted by political philosophers throughout the centuries, has dramatic implications for the current state of political thought. This important book offers readers original insights into The Odyssey and it provides a new understanding of the classic works of Plato, Rousseau, Vico, Horkheimer, and Adorno. Through his analysis Patrick J. Deneen requires readers to rethink the issues that are truly at the heart of our contemporary 'Culture Wars,' and he encourages us to reassess our assumptions about the Western canon's virtues or viciousness. Deneen's penetrating exploration of Odysseus's and our own enduring battles between the dual temptations of homecoming and exploration, patriotism and cosmopolitanism, and relativism and universality provides an original perspective on contentious debates at the center of modern political theory and philosophy.
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Copyright year
2003
ISBN-Print
978-0-8476-9622-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4500-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
275
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Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Preface No access
Introduction: Between Oikos and Cosmos No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter 1: The Odyssey as Political Theory No access Pages 27 - 80
Chapter 2: Resolving the Ancient Quarrel between Poetry and Philosophy: Plato's Odyssey No access Pages 81 - 130
Chapter 3: The Harrowing of Rousseau's Emile No access Pages 131 - 168
Chapter 4: Escaping the Dialectic: Vico, the Frankfurt School, and the Dialectic of Enlightenment No access Pages 169 - 210
Chapter 5: Against Cosmopolitanism: Resisting the Sirens' Song No access Pages 211 - 242
