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Political Theory and Praxis was first published in 1977. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Nine distinguished contributors—philosophers and political scientists at universities and colleges in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia—write essays for this volume in political philosophy. The book is dedicated to the memory of Hannah Arendt, the writer and philosopher who died in 1975. The contributors discuss various aspects of the concepts of theory and practice and their interrelationship. All of the essays were written expressly for this volume. In an introduction, Professor Ball, the volume editor, notes that the essays reflect the diversity of conceptions of theory, of practice, and of their conceptual and practical interrelations, and that the contributors explore various ways and byways of approaching the age-old questions of theory and its relation to practice.

Part I: Origins

"On the History of 'Theory' and 'Praxis'," Nicholas Lobkowicz; "Creatures of a Day: Thought and Action in Thucydides,"J. Peter Euben; " Plato and Aristotle: The Unity Versus the Autonomy of Theory and Practice." Terence Ball.

Part II: Developments

"Kant on Theory and Practice," Carl Raschke; "

Theory and Practice in Hegel and Marx: An Unfinished Dialogue,"Peter Fuss; "

The Unity of Theory and Practice: The Science of Marx and Nietzsche," Edward Andrew.

Part II: Dilemmas and New Directions

"Hannah Arendt: The Ambiguities of Theory and Practice," Richard J. Bernstein; "Rebels, Beginners, and Buffoons: Politics as Action," Raymond L. Nichols; "How People Change Themselves: The Relationship between Critical Theory and Its Audience," Brian Fay

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Preface
  2. Terence Ball
  3. p. vii
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  1. Contents
  2. p. ix
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  1. Editor's Introduction
  2. Terence Ball
  3. pp. 3-10
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  1. Part I: Origins
  1. I. On the History of Theory and Praxis
  2. Nicholas Lobkowicz
  3. pp. 13-27
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  1. II. Creatures of a Day: Thought and Action in Thucydides
  2. J. Peter Euben
  3. pp. 28-56
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  1. III. Plato and Aristotle: The Unity versus the Autonomy of Theory and Practice
  2. Terence Ball
  3. pp. 57-70
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  1. Part II. Developments
  1. IV. Kant on Theory and Practice
  2. Carl Raschke
  3. pp. 73-96
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  1. V. Theory and Practice in Hegel and Marx: An Unfinished Dialogue
  2. Peter Fuss
  3. pp. 97-116
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  1. VI. The Unity of Theory and Practice: The Science of Marx and Nietzsche
  2. Edward Andrew
  3. pp. 117-138
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  1. Part III: Dilemmas and New Directions
  1. VII. Hannah Arendt: The Ambiguities of Theory and Practice
  2. Richard]. Bernstein
  3. pp. 141-158
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  1. VIII. Rebels, Beginners, and Buffoons: Politics as Action
  2. Raymond L Nichols
  3. pp. 159-199
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  1. IX. How People Change Themselves: The Relationship between Critical Theory and Its Audience
  2. Brian Fay
  3. pp. 200-236
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 237-272
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  1. The Contributors
  2. pp. 273-276
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  1. Name Index
  2. pp. 277-278
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  1. Subject Index
  2. pp. 279-281
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