Political Philosophy and the Primacy of Agency

Olli Lagerspetz

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40742-1_6

Political Philosophy and the Primacy of Agency

Olli Lagerspetz

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Abstract

In his political philosophy, Peter Winch was pursuing two themes, one of which is more explicit and more conventional than the other. His first theme was the critique of classical social contract theory. His second theme is best characterised as the primacy of agency over spectatorship. This long-term philosophical commitment is distinct from another central theme for Winch, his emphasis on particular cases. In ethics and politics, the perspective of agency implies understanding how an individual may be ‘called to agency’ by some course of events.

Translated title of the contribution	Samhällsfilosofi och handlingens primat
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ethics, Society and Politics
Subtitle of host publication	Themes from the Philosophy of Peter Winch
Editors	Michael Campbell, Lynette Reid
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Chapter	6
Pages	85-102
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-40742-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-40742-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40742-1_6
Publication status	Published - 2020
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

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Name	Nordic Wittgenstein Studies
Publisher	Springer

Keywords

Peter Winch, Political philosophy, Authority, Wittgenstein, agency, ethics

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