The Game of Justice
A Theory of Individual Self-Government
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
216 pages
978-0-7914-8023-6 (ISBN)
Description
Argues in favor of viewing justice as a political contest that everyone has a stake in.
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Ruth Lane is Associate Professor of Political Science at American University and the author of Political Science in Theory and Practice: The 'Politics' Model and The Art of Comparative Politics.
Content
Preface
Prologue: Politics, Democracy, and the Game of Justice 1. Pitkin's Dilemma: The Wider Shores of Political Theory and Political Science 2. Political Society: A Blind Spot in the Liberal Field of Vision 3. Standing Aloof from the State: Thoreau on Self-Government 4. Wittgenstein's Games: The Philosophy and Practice of Justice 5. Foucault's Justice: Agent-Centered Theory and the Game Position 6. Rousseau on Self-Government: The Late Individualist Model of the Promeneur Solitaire Epilogue: Politics, Strategy, and the Game of Justice Notes
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Index
Prologue: Politics, Democracy, and the Game of Justice 1. Pitkin's Dilemma: The Wider Shores of Political Theory and Political Science 2. Political Society: A Blind Spot in the Liberal Field of Vision 3. Standing Aloof from the State: Thoreau on Self-Government 4. Wittgenstein's Games: The Philosophy and Practice of Justice 5. Foucault's Justice: Agent-Centered Theory and the Game Position 6. Rousseau on Self-Government: The Late Individualist Model of the Promeneur Solitaire Epilogue: Politics, Strategy, and the Game of Justice Notes
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