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Peter J. Steinberger is Robert H. and Blanche Day Ellis Professor of Political Science and Humanities at Reed College, Oregon. His previous books include The Idea of the State (Cambridge, 2009) and The Politics of Objectivity (Cambridge, 2015).
'A well-written and erudite book populated with many thoughtful and evocative examples.' Linda M. G. Zerilli, Charles E. Merriam Professor of Political Science and the College, University of Chicago 'Peter Steinberger's Rationalism in Politics makes an important bookend to Michael Oakeshott's famous work of the same title. Unlike Oakeshott, however, Steinberger believes that politics is a rational activity capable of evaluation by its proximity to truth. His attempt to reclaim political rationality pushes back against a range of historicist, post-modernist, and Heideggerian tendencies of modern philosophy. This is a bold and original work and will repay serious consideration.' Steven B. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and Author of Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes
