Dialogues with Contemporary Political Theorists

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction – Dialogues with Contemporary Political Theorists: Then and Now....Pages 1-23
A Conversation with Benjamin Barber....Pages 24-41
Vital Materiality and Non-Human Agency: An Interview with Jane Bennett....Pages 42-57
Subaltern Studies, Post-Colonial Marxism, and ‘Finding Your Place to Begin from’: An Interview with Dipesh Chakrabarty....Pages 58-73
An Interview with Jerry Cohen....Pages 74-85
Pluralism, Capitalism, and the Fragility of Things: An Interview with William E. Connolly....Pages 86-104
The Right to Justification: Towards a Critical Theory of Justice and Democracy. An Interview with Rainer Forst....Pages 105-120
A Conversation with Bonnie Honig: Exploring Agonistic Humanism....Pages 121-138
A Conversation with Carole Pateman: Reflections on Democratic Participation, The Sexual Contract, and Power Structures....Pages 139-154
Republicanism, Philosophy of Freedom, and the History of Ideas: An Interview with Philip Pettit....Pages 155-169
Taking a Broader View of Humanity: An Interview with Amartya Sen....Pages 170-180
Approaching Political Theory Historically: An Interview with Quentin Skinner....Pages 181-195
The Political Theory of Boundaries and the Boundaries of Political Theory: An Interview with R.B.J. Walker....Pages 196-216
Back Matter....Pages 217-225