Lexington Books
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-0422-5 • Hardback • November 2014 • $103.00 • (£79.00)
978-1-4985-0423-2 • eBook • November 2014 • $97.50 • (£75.00)
Leon J. Goldstein was professor in the Department of Philosophy at Binghamton University from 1963 until 2002. He also lectured at Brandeis University, City College of New York, and at the University of Haifa.
David Schultz is professor of political science at Hamline University. He also holds an appointment at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Foreword, Vincent M. Colapietro
Introduction. Conceptual Tension and Social Science Research: The Legacy of Leon J. Goldstein, David Schultz
Chapter 1. Conceptual Tension: The Open Texture of the Language of Kinship
Chapter 2. Conceptual Tension: Individualism and Non-Individualism Once Again
Chapter 3. Thinking the General Will
Chapter 4. Reflections on Parliament as an Open Concept
These essays represent the mature reflections of a genuinely unique philosopher of history. Goldstein's sensitivity to the special challenges of historical knowledge lead him to unfold the tensions and openness of the concepts that define such knowing. Taken together, these essays represent a sustained effort to save - and to respect - the difficult knowledge that belongs to, and can come from, history. The introduction and foreword do a wonderful job of presenting Goldstein's very real contributions.
— Dennis J. Schmidt, Pennsylvania State University
An extremely rich and challenging series of studies, ranging from seminal issues in traditional political theory to some of the most vexing epistemological problems in contemporary philosophy. This posthumous volume of Leon Goldstein's essays is an apt and loving monument to his erudition, wisdom and humanity.
— Shlomo Avineri, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem