The Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of Leadership - Tapa blanda

Robinson, Cedric J.

 
9781469628219: The Terms of Order: Political Science and the Myth of Leadership
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ISBN 10: 146962821X ISBN 13: 9781469628219
Editorial: The University of North Carolina Press, 2016

Sinopsis

Do we live in basically orderly societies that occasionally erupt into violent conflict, or do we fail to perceive the constancy of violence and disorder in our societies? In this classic book, originally published in 1980, Cedric J. Robinson contends that our perception of political order is an illusion, maintained in part by Western political and social theorists who depend on the idea of leadership as a basis for describing and prescribing social order.

Using a variety of critical approaches in his analysis, Robinson synthesizes elements of psychoanalysis, structuralism, Marxism, classical and neoclassical political philosophy, and cultural anthropology in order to argue that Western thought on leadership is mythological rather than rational. He then presents examples of historically developed "stateless" societies with social organizations that suggest conceptual alternatives to the ways political order has been conceived in the West. Examining Western thought from the vantage point of a people only marginally integrated into Western institutions and intellectual traditions, Robinson’s perspective radically critiques fundamental ideas of leadership and order.

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Cedric J. Robinson is professor of Black Studies and political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. His books include Black Marxism, Forgeries of Memory and Meaning, and The Anthropology of Marxism.

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Editorial
The University of North Carolina Press
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
146962821X
ISBN 13 
9781469628219
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
310
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9780873954112: Terms of Order, The

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0873954114 ISBN 13:  9780873954112
Editorial: State University of New York Press, 1980
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