From Political Studies Review, a symposium on pragmatism in contemporary political theory. Michael J. Thompson (William Paterson): The Two Faces of Domination in Republican Political Theory. Lea Ypi (LSE): From Realism to Activism: A Critique of Resignation in Political Theory. Samuel Ely Bagg (Duke): Between Critical and Normative Theory: Predictive Political Theory as a Deweyan Realism. Loubna El Amine (Georgetown): Beyond East and West: Reorienting Political Theory through the Prism of Modernity. David Watkins (Dayton) and Scott E Lemieux (Saint Rose): Compared to What? Judicial Review and Other Veto Points in Contemporary Political Theory. Helen Brown Coverdale reviews Care Ethics and Political Theory, ed. Daniel Engster and Maurice Hamington.
John Schulze on how The Walking Dead blends political theory, social contract theory and natural law theory (and more). Is AMC’s The Walking Dead compatible with the theories of Hobbes, Locke and Machiavelli? Unlock the inner political theory nerd inside you and find out. It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it: Michael Quirk on George Carlin as social and political theorist.
