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Born in Carlisle in 1939, Canovan studied history at Girton College, Cambridge, where she subsequently completed a Doctor of Philosophy on Joseph Priestley.
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Margaret Canovan argues in this book that much of the published work on Arendt has been flawed by serious misunderstandings, arising from a failure to see her work in its proper context. The author shows how such misunderstanding was possible, and offers a fundamental reinterpretation, drawing on Arendt's unpublished as well as her published work, which sheds new light on most areas of her thought.
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'Highly recommended, especially for academic libraries at all levels.' - F. Tachau, Choice 'The author leads the reader through a penetrating discussion of some of the basic explicit and implicit presumptions of modern political theory.' - Nils Butenschon, The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest In Nationhood and Political Theory, Margaret Canovan argues that universalist political theories unconsciously rely upon the collective power generated by national solidarity. By focusing on nationhood as a source of power, Dr Canovan's book obliges political theorists to face the dilemmas involved in reconciling particularist power bases with universal principles.
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Born in Carlisle in 1939, Canovan studied history at Girton College, Cambridge, where she subsequently completed a Doctor of Philosophy on Joseph Priestley.
She became a professor in the Politics Department at Lancaster University not long after its inception, later moving to Keele University where she remained until her retirement in 2002. Margaret Canovan has published a number of books but is perhaps best known for her work on Hannah Arendt, particularly after accessing Arendt"s unpublished papers in the late 1980s. Steven Engel noted that "Canovan"s book distinguishes itself in that its aim is "to argue that questions of nationhood are not an optional extra for political theory, but should actually be at the heart of the discipline" ".
Bernard Yack credits Canovan with arguing that "national loyalties help liberals establish a sense of intergenerational continuity" that is difficult to establish via mere civic membership, and that this intergenerational "bond" is essential in maintaining "continuity and stability" in a democratic polity.
(Margaret Canovan argues in this book that much of the pub...)
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Her book Hannah Arendt: A Reinterpretation of Her Political Thought (1992) was described by Gordon Tolle in The Review of Politics as "an excellent and comprehensive explanation of how Arendt"s political theory emerges out of her early struggle to understand the new phenomenon of totalitarianism". Her later work on nationalism was also received with international acclaim.