{"product_id":"political-theory-of-political-thinking-the","title":"Political Theory of Political Thinking, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to say that human beings think politically, and what is distinctive about that kind of thinking? That question is all-too infrequently asked by political theorists, or is dealt with through generalizations, abstractions, and dichotomies. This study examines the actual, real-world patterns people display when thinking politically, identifying six features of political thinking. They include the role of making ultimate decisions and regulating all\n\u003cbr\u003esocial affairs, ranking collective priorities, mobilizing support for groups or withholding it, conceptualizing social order and stability as well as disorder and instability, projecting future visions\n\u003cbr\u003eand constructing plans for a society, and engaging the power aspects embedded in language, by means of reason, rhetoric, emotion or menace.  Concurrently the untidiness and occasional failures of thinking politically are acknowledged alongside its quest for neatness. A large number of case studies is employed, drawn both from professional political theorists and philosophers and from various instances of vernacular usage: politicians, political commentators, or protest\n\u003cbr\u003egroups. Both contemporary and historical evidence from different cultures is utilized in illustrating the theoretical framework of the book. This is the first systematic study of political thinking as a\n\u003cbr\u003ecluster of thought-practices, combining insights from political theory--traditional and recent--the study of language and discourse, and political science. This investigation of 'the political' as a mode of thinking challenges many conventional understandings of political thought in the current literature, teases out what is political--not philosophical or ethical--in political theory, and locates it as a complex and ubiquitous social practice present at all points of human interaction and at\n\u003cbr\u003ediverse levels of articulation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156820160750,"sku":"9780199568031","price":247.02,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199568031.jpg?v=1706243982","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/political-theory-of-political-thinking-the","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}