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Demonstrates how a more historically-driven conceptual analysis of influence is needed
Defends the Orrian model over the Nietzschean to meet the challenging diversity of political theories in the twenty-first century
Argues that there is no extra-canonical ground from which to dismiss particular canons to the benefit of the Western canon
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Western political thought
- histories of political thought
- plurality of canons
- notion of influence
- meaning of influence at a theoretical level
- emanational theory of influence
- meaning of originality
- Rousseau
- T. S. Eliot
- Western literature
- intertextuality
- influence and Nietzsche
- Harold Bloom
- Influence in 20th Century Political Thought
- Influence Studies
- Gary Browning
- Orrian model
Reviews
“In this well-written and critically informed book, Welburn reviews how past political thinkers are connected. He invites us to re-think the question of influence in the history of political thought.” (Gary Browning, Professor of Political Thought, Oxford Brookes University, UK)
“This is an excellent study. It achieves an impressive feat of synthesis of existing writing on the ‘influence problem’ in the history of thought and, in so doing, makes influence speak to very many of the concerns of the present day. By beginning with the linguistic ambiguities of the word ‘influence’ – as verb, as noun – Welburn manages to unlock some persisting puzzles. He concludes by demonstrating that re-thinking influence should matter to politics, as well as method. The human virtues which Welburn finds vital to carrying out inquiry into influence that would be profitable – such as humility, openness, groundedness – are well embodied in his own efforts.” (Richard Shorten, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Birmingham, UK)“This is a timely and perceptive account of the positive role of ‘influence’ in political thought. Dominic Welburn engages with a range of studies in literary and philosophical theory to defend canonicity as essential to, rather than the antithesis of, originality. He provides a refreshing defence of the Western tradition, albeit alongside rival canons as expressions of different political imaginations.” (Julia Stapleton, Professor of Political Thought, Durham University, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
Dominic Welburn
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Canon Controversies in Political Thought
Book Subtitle: Two Theories of Influence
Authors: Dominic Welburn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41361-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41360-6Published: 07 March 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41361-3Published: 06 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 136
Topics: Political Theory, Intellectual Studies, Literary Theory