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Ethnocentric Political Theory: The Pursuit of Flawed Universals

Ethnocentric Political Theory: The Pursuit of Flawed Universals

Parekh, Bhikhu

Paperback

Series: International Political Theory

Religion General General Political Science

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 3030117073
ISBN13: 9783030117078
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Apr 17 2019
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

Western political theory has many great strengths but also a few weaknesses. Among the latter should be included its ethnocentricity, its tendency to universalize the local. The political theorist makes universal statements about human beings, societies and states without making a close study of them, and about reason, tradition, human nature and moral ideals without appreciating how differently these are understood in different societies and traditions. These statements are often an uncritical universalisation of his society's modes of thought and experience. This book traces this tendency in different areas of moral and political life, and argues that a critical engagement between different perspectives offers one possible way to counter this tendency. Seeking universally valid knowledge is a legitimate ambition, but Western political theory cannot realise it without the help of the non-Western as its critical interlocutor.

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