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Adventure as a theory of politics.

Harvard University.

Adventure as a theory of politics.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Adventure as a theory of politics.
Author:	Macaes, Bruno.
Description:	367 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Harvey Mansfield.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-12, Section: A, page: 4685.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-12A.
Subject:	Political Science, General.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3245164

Adventure as a theory of politics.
Macaes, Bruno.

Adventure as a theory of politics. - 367 p.

Adviser: Harvey Mansfield.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2006.

This is a study in the foundations of political theory. What is the ultimate basis for political power, what is the principle from which the state and law can be derived? In general terms, I proceed as follows: rather than describing an end or goal for political society, my argument attempts to show how the most readily available principle of political authority needs to be supplemented or radicalized. This principle is choice or autonomy. Thus, my first task is to show what is meant by choice and provide an initial critique of autonomy as a moral and political principle. If one follows this critique to the end, it will appear that choice must be replaced with adventure. Autonomy is the creation of a project or plan. Adventure is a creation out of nothing. Chapter two explains how adventure must be understood and provides a philosophical history of the concept. The next three chapters are analytical in nature. They flesh out the promise of adventure: how an action without ends is the only viable framework within which to understand and clarify the concept of freedom, the philosophy of the state, and the theory of justice. My main challenge is to explain how action may be conceived in the absence of every end or purpose. Equipped with a theory of action as adventure, we look at the notion of liberal neutrality from the perspective of the individual citizen. Not only the state but also the citizen must act in the absence of ends and plans. Finally, the concept of a right is shown to be fully independent of all objects to which we may have a right. This dissertation explores the modern emphasis on action and freedom and points the way towards its logical and political conclusion.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Political Science, General.

Adventure as a theory of politics.
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