Transcending Postmodernism (Hardcover)

Foreword; Patrick A. Heelan Preface; Morton Kaplan The Unknown Kaplan: Synoptic Knowledge After Postmodernism; Inanna Hamati-Ataya PART I: A WORLD VIEW 1. The Operations of Mind that Produce Language 2. Human Reason and a Common World View: Why Wittgenstein and Rawls are Both Wrong 3. Evolving Human Nature and Multistable Justice PART II: ANALYTICS 4. Meaning and Logic 5. The Nature of Reality as Illuminated by Quantum Physics PART III: SYSTEMS 6. Theories, General Theories, Systems Theories, and Language Games 7. Misinterpretations of International Systems Theory 8. Realism and Theory PART IV: APPLICATIONS 9. The Retrogressive Impact of Contemporary Realism on International Theory 10. Tribe and Scalia on the Constitution: A Third View 11. The Market and Liberal Democracy Bibliography Index