فلسفۀ سیاسی دربارۀ جوامع سیاسی است. فیلسوفان سیاسی سیاستهای روز به روز دولتها را در کانون توجه قرار نمیدهند: وظیفۀ فلسفۀ سیاسی توصیف سطحی جوامع سیاسی خاص نیست. فیلسوف سیاسی میخواهد در عمیقترین لایهها شالودههای دولتها و توجیه اخلاقی آنها را درک کند.
Jean Hampton's Political Philosophy is an introduction the philosophical study of politics, with all the sorts of topics one would find in an introductory political philosophy class. To make the subject manageable, the first half of the book gives some definition to what a political authority ('the State,' 'the government,' whatever you want to call it) is, and the second half of the book is about issues related to a just political society. Regarding Hampton's own positions, she argues that a political authority is an institution that adjudicates coordination problems among individuals both in individuals' tendencies to compete and to cooperate with one another. According to Hampton, a political authority is deemed just when people agree that the authority's judgments or proceedings are more or less sound. The latter half of the book is a lot thornier, especially given that people cannot seem to agree what constitutes a just society. Hampton believes that minimally the members of the society need to be looked upon as free and equal persons, but the Devil is in the details in how to provide for them. Interesting concrete questions come up at the end of the book about what citizenship amounts to, and what a nation and nation-state is. Good read.
واقعا کتاب خوبی است. کتاب به سوال مهم می پردازد ماهیت فرمانروایی سیاسی چیست و حدود آن تا کجاست. در این باره به بیان نظریات مختلف می پردازد و سپس وارد مهم ترین مقوله یعنی عدالت می گردد و آن را از دیدگاه های متفاوت لیبرالی (آن هم با بیان انواع ان) جماعت گرایی سوسیالیستی و فمینیستی .... می پردازد. نویسنده به انواع شهروندی و سیاست های فرمانروایی در قبال آن پرداخته و ایرادهایی بر آن نظریات اقامه می کند. مطالعه آن را به علاقمندان اندیشه های سیاسی پیشنهاد می کنم.
I love this book! Jean Hampton provides a thorough survey of political theories addressing pertinent questions like the nature and justification of political authority, conceptions of justice, and conceptions of citizenship. She maps out this rich and fascinating philosophical landscape from the starting point of trying to respond to the anarchist challenge of whether any political authority is ever legitimate. But her book reads more like a compelling story of interesting ideas being developed in response to urgent political concerns rather than some dry, boring textbook with a Ben Steinian rhythm to its prose. This book will no doubt be a constant companion in my philosophical pursuits. And I must also read everything that Jean Hampton has ever written!
this is the third time that i read this book. the author, has chosen a new angle to look on the issue of political philosophy, though she, in some point, intention her feminine attitudes in her work.