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Theorists interested in learning more about any given interpretive approach are often required to navigate a dizzying array of sources, with no clear sense of where to begin. The prose of many primary sources is often steeped in dense and technical argot that novices find intimidating or even impenetrable. Interpretation in Political Theory provide students of political theory a single introductory reference guide to major approaches to interpretation available in the field today.
Comprehensive and clearly written, the book includes:
A historical and theoretical overview that situates the practice of interpretation within the development of political theory in the twentieth century.
Chapters on Straussian esotericism, historical approaches within the Cambridge School of interpretation, materialist approaches associated with Marxism, the critical approaches associated with varieties of feminism, Greimassian semiotics, Foucaultian genealogy, the negative dialectics of Theodor Adorno, deconstruction as exemplified by Jacques Derrida and Paul de Man, and Lacanian psychoanalysis.
An exposition of the theoretical and disciplinary background of each approach, the tools and techniques of interpretation it uses, its assumptions about what counts as a relevant text in political theory, and what it considers to be the purpose or objective of reading in political theory.
A reading of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan to illustrate how each approach can be applied in practice.
A list of suggestions for further reading that will guide those interested in pursuing more advanced study.
An invaluable textbook for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and even seasoned scholars of political theory interested in learning more about different interpretive approaches.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Interpretation and the Politics of Meaning
Sean Noah Walsh and Clement Fatovic
Chapter 2: The Interpretive Methodology of Leo Strauss
Craig Ewasiuk
Chapter 3: The Cambridge "School" (or "Mentality") of Interpretation
Ben J. Taylor and Daniel I. O'Neill
Chapter 4: Marxian Interpretations of Political Theory: Locating a Tradition
Katherine A. Gordy
Chapter 5: Feminist Interventions into Political Theory: The Power of Supplemental Logic
Mary Caputi
Chapter 6: On the Use of Greimassian Semiotics for Political Theory
Sean Noah Walsh
Chapter 7: Genealogical Interpretation in Political Theory
Thomas Biebricher
Chapter 8: Negative Dialectics as an Interpretative Approach to Political Theory
Bryant W. Sculos
Chapter 9: Deconstruction and Interpretation in Political Theory
Mary Caputi and Sean Noah Walsh
Chapter 10: Psychoanalytic Theory and Textual Interpretation
Ty Solomon
