Reviews for Political theory and modernity

The average rating for Political theory and modernity based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-01-02 00:00:00 Lyndsay Wood In this book, Connolly provides a reading of the central political theorists of the modern period. He reads them in conversation with one another and the conversation culminates in Nietzsche's response to the earlier moderns. Connolly finishes by making the argument for a Nietzschean ethic. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Connolly is not only a great thinker, but a great writer. His writing was clear and a pleasure to read. My only criticism is that I would have preferred more thorough citations throughout the text. He offers extended discussions of each of the theorists works--but sometimes there aren't citations to which you can refer to see exactly where it is in the text that he's talking about.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-27 00:00:00 Kenneth Hardy Desde que leí el libro de Paolo Prodi sobre los estados pontificios, no me había encontrado con otra obra cuyo número excesivo de citas, aunado con su extensión, me hiciera tan fastidiosa la lectura. El texto principal es irrisorio; si alguien eliminara el aparato crítico, lo escrito no pasaría de ser un breve ensayo. Lo que da dolores de cabeza, pero tristemente la información vital, es el sinnúmero de citas, que se agradecen, sin embargo, desaniman al lector que desconoce estos temas. Un experto, considero yo, puede aprovechar mejor el libro si ya ha leído varios de los textos que cita Gierke en su obra. Esta obra, como diría Kant de sus "Prolegómenos a toda metafísica del porvenir" es un texto solo para maestros, para conocedores de la literatura política medieval. Hay mejores acercamientos al tema por parte de autores de la talla de Figgins o de Walter Ullmann.