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Between Philosophy and Politics : The Alienation of Political Theory
author
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Gunnell, John G.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870234978
print isbn13
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9780870234972
ebook isbn13
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9780585164380
language
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English
subject
Political science--Philosophy.
publication date
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1986
lcc
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JA71.G86 1986eb
ddc
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320/.01
subject
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Political science--Philosophy.
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Between Philosophy and Politics
The Alienation of Political Theory
John G. Gunnell
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Copyright 1986 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 85-14106 ISBN 0-87023-497-8 (cloth); 498-6 (paper)
Designed by Barbara Werden Set in Linotron Sabon by G&S Typesetters, Inc. Printed and bound by Cushing-Malloy, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gunnell, John G. Between philosophy and politics. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Political sciencePhilosophy. I. Title. JA71.G86 1986 320'.01 85-14106 ISBN 0-87023-497-8 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-87023-498-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)
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To Pam and Jenniwho know the difference between theory and practice.
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Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
1 The Alienation of Political Theory
10
2 Theory and Science
43
3 Theory and Tradition
91
4 Theory and Metatheory
134
5 The End of Political Theory
169
6 Politics and the Theory of the Conventional Object
201
References
223
Index
235
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Preface
This work is a synthesis, clarification, and elaboration of a number of arguments, mostly critical, that I have made about the field of academic political theory and its relationship to philosophy and politics. These arguments have been the subject of considerable controversy and misunderstanding, and a principal purpose here is at least to make clear what is being said and to articulate unambiguously the themes that connect my criticisms of such ostensibly disparate enterprises as behavioral political science and the study of the history of political theory. More than one person has been quick to point out that my own work has been implicated in the very problems that I address, but I have no wish to avoid certain dimensions of this paradox or to suggest that my animadversions do not entail self-criticism. My arguments are deeply rooted in the dialectic of the discourse of academic political theory, and the criticisms are internal. I do not, however, wish to disguise the fact that I have a profound and serious quarrel with much of the work that constitutes the political theory "establishment." Although this quarrel is essentially one involving the substantive character of the field, it also relates to matters of style. Political theory has, I believe,become an increasingly effete but pretentious activity whose self-image and claims about it does and would do are conspicuously out of phase with its actual practice. For an activity so avowedly committed to reflection, criticism, and political transformation, it seems peculiarly resistant to authentic self-examination and actual involvement in the uncertainties of existential political action, even within the cloisters of the academy where it enjoys the potential privileges of citizenship.
There are some debts that I am enthusiastic about acknowledging. Richard Martin, the editor at the University of Massachusetts Press, played a large part in the conception of this project, and he nurtured it with pa-
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tience and encouragement as well as a rare understanding of the substance of the work.
The association with my peers and teachers at the University of California at Berkeley during the early 1960s remains a formative influence and one that I increasingly nostalgically savor. Norman Jacobson's ideas continue to echo in my work in many ways, and he taught me that, of all things, political theory is not immune from having to take account of itself. Although some may not think my disagreements with Sheldon Wolin are negligible, it should be obvious that I have rotated around his intellectual compass. since 1964, Paul Kress and I have been engaged in a constant conversation, and Gene Poschman has been a source of insight since the day he came upon me lost in the stacks looking for something called the Congressional Record. I acknowledge their ideas the way Woody Guthrie acknowledged folk tunes.
I, like many others, have for some time benefited from George Kateb's keen intellect and generous spirit, and it is a pleasure to be able to say so in something of a public manner. During the past few years, John Nelson and Ira Strauber have done much to make me aware of what I have said and what I have done by saying it. They have helped me sustain a belief in the significance of my arguments, while never relenting in their criticism.
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