Political Theory : : The Foundations of Twentieth-Century Political Thought / / Arnold Brecht.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Brecht, Arnold,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1959
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2311
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (630 p.)

In this distinguished work Arnold Brecht, who served under more than a dozen German Chancellors and whose work in defense of democracy received recognition by the Adenauer government in 1953, surveys the philosophical and scientific foundations of political theory in the twentieth century. His wide-ranging treatise sweeps over the entire scope of this century's contributions, including the philosophical, juridical, scientific, sociological, methodological, and historical. The book is a pioneering effort toward an integrated presentation, a first attempt to offer a comprehensive modern political theory.The aim is both a systematic presentation and a full description of the recent genesis of thought. The pertinent teachings of representative writers-some from the past (from Hume and Kant to Darwin, Mill, and Marx) and most of the present century (from Peirce, James, Simmel, and Weber to Husserl, Dewey, Lasswell, Northrop, and Fuller) are analyzed. Dr. Brecht incorporates, chapter by chapter, his own contributions. Social scientists, philosophers, lawyers, and students of religion will find it a challenging guide, written with penetrating clarity and rich in fruitful suggestions.Originally published in 1959.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Preface to the Fifth Printing -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introductory -- Part One: Systematic -- Chapter I. Theory of Scientific Method: Facts and Logic -- Chapter II. Theory of Scientific Method (Continued): Causality, Tests, Prediction -- Chapter III. Theory of Scientific Value Relativism (Value Alternativism) -- Chapter IV. Theory of Justice and the Impact on it of Scientific Method and Value Relativism -- Part Two: Genetic -- Chapter V. Precursors and Cousins -- Chapter VI. The Rise of Scientific Value Relativism -- Part Three: Polemic -- Chapter VII. The Revolt -- Chapter VIII. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Identify Highest Values -- Part Four: At the Borderline of Metaphysics -- Chapter IX. Factual, Not Logical, Links between Is and Ought -- Chapter X. Universal Postulates of Justice -- Chapter XI. Truth and Justice -- Chapter XII. Impossibility (Limited Possibility) -- Chapter XIII. Twentieth-Century Political Science and the Belief in God -- Results -- Appendix A. Note Regarding a Planned Second Volume -- Appendix B. Miscellaneous Notes on Special Questions and on Literature -- Supplementary Notes on Literature -- Index of Names -- Subject Index