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Gunnell, John G. was born on June 22, 1933 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States.
(A critical introduction to the study of the history of po...)
A critical introduction to the study of the history of political theory, concentrating on political theory itself, the investigation and teaching of that theory, as well as the relationship between them. Originally published by Winthrop Publishers in 1979.
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( This provocative work reveals the origins and developme...)
This provocative work reveals the origins and development of political theory as it is presently understood—and misunderstood. Tracing the evolution of the field from the nineteenth century to the present, John G. Gunnell shows how current controversies, like those over liberalism or the relationship of theory to practice, are actually the unresolved legacy of a forgotten past. By uncovering this past, Gunnell exposes the forces that animate and structure political theory today. Gunnell reconstructs the evolution of the field by locating it within the broader development of political science and American social science in general. During the behavioral revolution that swept political science in the 1950s, the relationship between political theory and political science changed dramatically, relegating theory to the margins of an increasingly empirical discipline. Gunnell demonstrates that the estrangement of political theory is rooted in a much older quarrel: the authority of knowledge versus political theory is rooted in a much older quarrel: the authority of knowledge versus political authority, academic versus public discourse. By disclosing the origin of this dispute, he opens the way for a clearer understanding of the basis and purpose of political theory. As critical as it is revelatory, this thoughtful book should be read by any one interested in the history of political theory or science—or in the relationship of social science to political practice in the United States.
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In this insightful book, distinguished political scientist John G. Gunnell explores the relationship between social science and philosophy, and the range of problems that have attended this relationship. Gunnell argues that social science has turned to philosophy, especially to areas such as the philosophy of science and other sites of philosophical foundationalism, in search of cognitive identity and the grounds for normative and empirical judgment. Gunnell's emphasis is on political and social theory and the theoretical constitution of social phenomena. The Orders of Discourse will be of interest to political theorists, political philosophers, and social scientists.
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This book presents a rigorous critical analysis of academic political theory and its relationship to philosophy and politics. It explores, historically and analytically, what the author argues is the alienation of political theory. John G. Gunnell sets out to destroy a number of myths that pervade the literature of academic political theory and in large measure have come to define it. These myths include the beliefs that the canon of classical texts from at least Plato to Marx constitutes a historical tradition that explains the present; that epistemology reveals the nature of scientific and social scientific explanation and provides the foundation of scientific inquiry and knowledge; that philosophy and political theory can discover and articulate transcendental grounds of political judgment; that politics is something more than a conventional form of human action or has some essential character that explains it and gives it value; and that academic discourse about politics is equivalent to political discourse. In the final chapters, Gunnell addresses the more positive question of what political theory might be and presents the rudiments of a theory of politics based on an analysis of conventional objects.
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Gunnell, John G. was born on June 22, 1933 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor in Government, Tufts University, 1955. Master of Arts in Political Science, University California, Berkeley, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science with distinction, University California, Berkeley, 1964.
Teaching and research assistant University California, Berkeley, 1961-1963, director California legislation internship program, teaching fellow, 1963-1964. Assistant professor State University of New York, Albany, 1964-1966, associate professor, 1966-1972, professor graduate school public affairs, 1972-1997, distinguished professor, since 1997. Consultant California Citizens Legislation Advisory Committee, 1960.
Lecturer Tribhuvan University, Katmandu, Nepal, 1975-1976. Distinguished visiting professor University Nevada, Reno, 1991, Fulbright lecturer Institute Political Science, Copenhagen, 1993. Visiting scholar University California, Irvine, 1998.
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(A critical introduction to the study of the history of po...)
( This provocative work reveals the origins and developme...)
(This book presents a rigorous critical analysis of academ...)
(In this insightful book, distinguished political scientis...)
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Lieutenant United States Navy, 1955-1958. Member American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association, Conference for Study of Political Thought.
Son of Gilbert Freeland and Frances Ida Gunnell. Aldisa Elinor Gunnell, September 1, 1956. Children: Pamela Susan, Jennifer Lynne.