Philosophy and Real Politics

Philosophy and Real Politics
AuthorRaymond Geuss
LanguageEnglish
GenrePolitical philosophy
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication date
2008
Publication placeUnited Kingdom, United States
Media typePrint (Hardback and Paperback)
Pages116
ISBN0-691-13788-9
OCLC190842604
320.01 22
LC ClassJA71 .G46 2008

Philosophy and Real Politics is a 2008 book by British philosopher and scholar Raymond Geuss whose main subject is the relationship between politics and human needs. The book is an expansion of a lecture given at the University of Athens in April 2007 under the title "Lenin, Rawls and Political Philosophy". Geuss argues that the contemporary hegemonic view of politics as applied ethics is the result of certain western philosophical traditions, and that recent social conflicts call this understanding into question. Geuss instead argues that politics should be understood as a skill or a craft that allows people and groups to gain and exercise power. The book has been regarded as a significant contribution to the social sciences.[1]

  1. ^ Alasdair MacIntyre - Review of the book at Princeton