{"product_id":"systematic-politics-9781442639010","title":"Systematic Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): George E. Gordon Catlin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Catlin in the course of his career has contributed a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003enumber of major works in the fields of politics: \u003cem\u003eThe Science and Method of \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolitics\u003c\/em\u003e (1926), \u003cem\u003ePrinciples of Politics \u003c\/em\u003e(1930), \u003cem\u003eHistory of the \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolitical Philosophers\u003c\/em\u003e (1938). These books were considered \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"refreshing,\" \"brilliant,\" \"eminently stimulating,\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"genuinely constructive.\" The trail blazed by their author some thirty \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eyears ago through the forest of \"unscientific\" political thinking has \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003esince been followed by many others and has widened into one of the main highways of \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003etwentieth-century political though.\u003cp\u003eThe new approach of Professor Catlin was \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003enotable because it distinguished between political philosophy, with its values and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eends, and the scientific study of means; it broke away from older studies and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ebroadened the concept of Politics, in an Aristotelian sense; it bridged the divorce \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ebetween Politics and Sociology; it stressed the quantitative method; it pioneered in \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe \"power theory of politics,\" as a key hypothesis in building; and it \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edeveloped the theories of equilibrium and of the political market, with its pressure \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003egroups. No political science can be formulated today which ignores his arguments on \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethese topics.\u003cp\u003eIn this new work, Professor Catlin goes back to cover the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edevelopments of thirty years, integrating the work of his contemporary colleagues \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand relating it to the broad tradition of Western philosophy. The range of the \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ebook over time and topics is exhilaratingly wide; its content is often \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eintellectually intoxicating. Many will appreciate the clear insight and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eunderstanding that the book lends of so much in life-not just in the fields \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003etraditionally assigned to political thinkers; others may be provoked by the \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eauthor's strong argumentative sense. No one will deny the vigour and relevance \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eof the discussion. This summational work is important and practical at a time when \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe political endeavours of man are more than ever in need of thoroughly rigorous \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003elogical analysis.","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46894614053015,"sku":"9781442639010","price":5529.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781442639010.webp?v=1770325826","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/systematic-politics-9781442639010","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}