Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Pluralism, Platitudes and Paradoxes: Western Political Thought at the Beginning of a New Century -- Section I: Traditional Resources, Novel Challenges -- Chapter 1 - The Current State of Political Theory: Pluralism and Reconciliation -- Chapter 2 - The Adequacy of the Western Canon -- Chapter 3 - Politicizing Theory -- Chapter 4 - Political Philosophy as a Critical Activity -- Chapter 5 - At The Edge -- Section II: Political Thought in a Global Perspective -- Chapter 6 - Globalizing Political Theory -- Chapter 7 - Traveling Theorists and Translating Practices -- Section III: Political Theory and Political Science -- Chapter 8 - Political Theory, Political Science, and Politics -- Chapter 9 - Problems, methods, and Theories: What's Wrong with Political Science and What to do About it -- Index.