Book Review: Making Politics Thinkable

Abstract

Introduction- Kerry Whiteside takes up an arduous task in attempting to locate a "foundation" of political thought for these postmodern times of cynicism and negativism such as we experience in the late 20th century. The straight forward manner in which he declares his intent lies in the very title of his book. Presenting the notion of foundations in an age characterized by a progressive loss of faith in master narratives, an antirealism in ontology, and an antifoundationalism in epistemology, is indeed an audacious undertaking. The measure of his success, or not, comes in the contribution of his argument to the dialogue and debate which is itself "politics."