The task of political theory is to show human beings how they have good reason to act in the historical situation in which they find themselves. The central theme of "Interpreting Political Responsibility" is the increasingly inefffectual contribtuion of modern academic study of political theory to carrying out this task. Human beings today depend more on the ability of a few for prudent and skilful political agency than ever before. There are many reasons for this dependence: the nuclear capability of the great world powers, the financial systems of the major capitalist states, the massive trade flows which affect virtually every modern population, the ecological effect of human production. This book presents the first coherent attempt to relate these factors systematically to one another, and considers the lack of progress in reconceiving contemporary political agency in the light of their cumulative presence.
- ISBN10 0745608272
- ISBN13 9780745608273
- Publish Date 13 September 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 August 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Polity Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 310
- Language English