The Political Theory of Judith N. Shklar

Judith Shklar called for a radical shift in political theory, toward a view of the history of ideas through the lens of exile. Hess takes this lens and applies it to Shklar's own life and theoretical work.

Hess's monograph is the pioneer. That gives it a deserved prominence. The Political Theory of Judith N. Shklar. Exile from Exile is a short, lucid introduction to the thought of a writer who was always something of an anomaly within American political theory. Andreas Hess has written a searching, meticulous book on what shklar said. (Peter Baehr, Society, January, 2016)

Autorentext
Andreas Hess is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland and is Faculty Fellow at Yale's Center for Cultural Sociology, USA. He is the author of a number of books, mainly in the field of American social and political thought.

Inhalt
Introduction: 'The peculiarity of the kind of refugee I was' 1. The Formative Years 2. In the Aftermath of Totalitarianism 3. The Making of a Political Theorist 4. Transatlantic Encounters of a Different Kind 5. Returning to the Theme of Exile