"In this masterful excursion into the history of ideas, Katznelson explores how a 'reconstructionist' generation of political scholars has since attempted to make sense of these dark times and rethink the bases of political theory and liberal community . . . Although the book was written largely before the attacks of September 11, 2001, it speaks powerfully to today's struggles to reconcile liberal values with a new threat of violence." –G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs
"The larger intellectual and normative project in this brilliant book is to revise and extend the legacies of Enlightenment thought so as to help us confront war and violence. . . . Today, when we once again face a period of desolations and a new type of total war, Katznelson's book assumes a whole new importance." –Saskia Sassen, author of Losing Control? Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization
Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including Marxism and the City and the award-winning Liberalism's Crooked Circle: Letters to Adam Michnik. He has served as president of the Social Science History Association and of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association.
Guess Steve won't read this. http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon- 20040126/001910.html
-- Michael Pugliese