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History and Illusion in Politics
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date July 9, 2001
Pages 175
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780521805964
ISBN-10 0521805961
Dimensions 0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $99.99
Other format details university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In his new book, distinguished political philosopher Raymond Geuss critically examines some of the most widely held and important preconceptions about contemporary politics western societies: the state, authority, violence and coercion, the concept of legitimacy, liberalism, toleration, freedom, democracy, and human rights. Geuss argues that the liberal democratic state committed to the defense of human rights is in fact a confused conjunction of disparate elements. One of his most striking claims is that it makes sense to speak of rights only relative to a mechanism for enforcing them, and that therefore the whole concept of a "human right" as it is commonly used in contemporary political philosophy, is a confusion. A profound and concise essay on the basic structure of contemporary politics, History and Illusion in Politics is written in a voice that is skeptical, engaged, and clear. Raymond Geuss is University Lecturer, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge. Educated in the United States and Germany, he has held academic posts at Heidelberg, the University of Chicago and Princeton University. He is the editor of Nietzsche The Birth of Tragedy (Cambridge, 1999) and the author of Public Goods, Private Goods (Princeton, 2001). He is a frequent commentator on BBC Radio Three and World Service.

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from Cambridge Univ Pr (July 9, 2001)
9780521805964 | details & prices | 175 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $99.99
About: In his new book, distinguished political philosopher Raymond Geuss critically examines some of the most widely held and important preconceptions about contemporary politics western societies: the state, authority, violence and coercion, the concept of legitimacy, liberalism, toleration, freedom, democracy, and human rights.
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9780521000437 | details & prices | 175 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $44.99

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