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O osobliwości filozofii i polityki
The Peculiarity of Political Philosophy

Author(s): Dorota Sepczyńska
Subject(s): Politics, Metaphysics, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: political philosophy; politics; ethics; metaphysics; practical philosophy;

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt at a synthetic study of Political Philosophy. Through a rearrangement of the way that particular discipline of philosophy has been described and understood, it proposes the placement of Political Philosophy within the entirety of philosophical thinking (Political Philosophy as Metaphysics of Politics, Political Ethics or Metaphysical and Normative Perspective, Political and Social Philosophy), and to define its subject (Political Philosophy sensu largo and sensu stricto) and its issues (holism – individualism, elitism – egalitarianism, pessimism – optimism, rationalism – antirationalism, monism – pluralism). It also overviews the history of political philosophy (the differences between classical, modern and contemporary Political Philosophy) and its role in human life.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 275-301
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish