This book examines epochal change in the modern world within the confines of a "mightie frame". From epoch to epoch, the mighty frame has gained features that continue to function even as they recede from view, all the while fixing the limits of possible knowledge for modern minds and the conditions of rule in the modern world.
This book examines epochal change in the modern world within the confines of a "mightie frame". From epoch to epoch, the mighty frame has gained features that continue to function even as they recede from view, all the while fixing the limits of possible knowledge for modern minds and the conditions of rule in the modern world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Nicholas Greenwood Onuf is Professor Emeritus of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. He is author of seven books, two with his brother, and several articles in journals and edited volumes. His book, Making Sense, Making Worlds: Constructivism in Social Theory and International Relations, was published in conjunction with the republication of World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations.
Inhaltsangabe
* Prologue: Refreshing Metaphors * Chapter 1: What Can We Know? * Chapter 2: Modernity's Mighty Frame * Chapter 3: Traditional Societies * Chapter 4: Transitional Figures: Hugo Grotius, Thomas Hobbes, Samuel Pufendorf * Interlude: "Working models" * Chapter 5: "This quarter of the globe" * Chapter 6: Transitional Figures: Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith, James Madison * Chapter 7: State-Nations * Chapter 8: Transitional Figures: Edmund Husserl, Emile Durkheim, the Fabian Society * Interlude: Growth Rates * Chapter 9: Epochal Destruction * Chapter 10: Transitional Figures: J. L. Austin, Jay Forrester, Donna Haraway * Chapter 11: Paradise Lost? * Chapter 12: Relative Virtue * Epilogue: "Saving constructivism" * References * Acknowledgments * Index