Modeling Interpretation and the Practice of Political Theory

Name: Modeling Interpretation and the Practice of Political Theory
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Political theory offers a great variety of interpretive traditions and models. Today, pluralism is the paradigm. But are all approaches equally useful? What are their limits and possibilities? Can we practice them in isolation, or can we combine them? Modeling Interpretation and the Practice of Political Theory addresses these questions in a refreshing and hands- on manner. It not only models in the abstract, but also tests in practice eight basic schemes of interpretation with which any ambitious reader of political texts should already be familiar. Comprehensive and engaging, the book includes: \n\n--A straightforward typology of interpretation in political theory.\n\n--Chapters on the analytical Oxford model, biographical and oeuvre- based interpretation, Skinner\u2019s Cambridge School, the esoteric model, reflexive hermeneutics, reception analysis and conceptual history.\n\n--Original readings of Federalist Paper No. 10 , Plato\u2019s Statesman, de Gouges\u2019s The Three Urns, y