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The Status and Appraisal of Classic Texts / Conal Condren.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 859Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1985Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691611679
  • 9781400853649
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.5
LOC classification:
  • JA71 -- C568 1985eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Methodology: Its Character and Significance -- CHAPTER 2. Political Theory, Its Conventional Structure, the Issue-Orthodoxy, and the Assessment of Texts -- CHAPTER 3. Political Theory and the Faith in a Tradition of Classic Texts -- PART TWO -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 4. Originality -- CHAPTER 5. Contribution and Influence -- CHAPTER 6. Coherence -- PART THREE -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 7. Ambiguity: Delineation and Typology -- CHAPTER 8. Ambiguity: Generation and Context -- CHAPTER 9. Towards an Explanation of Classic Status -- APPENDIX. Intention, Text, Audience, and Objectivity -- INDEX -- Backmatter
Summary: Conal Condren examines the criteria for judging both works of political theory and texts associated with related academic genres. He discusses the rhetoric surrounding terms like originality," "influence," and "coherence," the value of these terms as criteria of textual assessment, and their use in charting the history of texts.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Methodology: Its Character and Significance -- CHAPTER 2. Political Theory, Its Conventional Structure, the Issue-Orthodoxy, and the Assessment of Texts -- CHAPTER 3. Political Theory and the Faith in a Tradition of Classic Texts -- PART TWO -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 4. Originality -- CHAPTER 5. Contribution and Influence -- CHAPTER 6. Coherence -- PART THREE -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 7. Ambiguity: Delineation and Typology -- CHAPTER 8. Ambiguity: Generation and Context -- CHAPTER 9. Towards an Explanation of Classic Status -- APPENDIX. Intention, Text, Audience, and Objectivity -- INDEX -- Backmatter

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Conal Condren examines the criteria for judging both works of political theory and texts associated with related academic genres. He discusses the rhetoric surrounding terms like originality," "influence," and "coherence," the value of these terms as criteria of textual assessment, and their use in charting the history of texts.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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