The Decisionist Imagination

Sovereignty, Social Science and Democracy in the 20th Century

By: Daniel Bessner (Editor), Nicolas Guilhot (Editor)

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Hardcover | 19 October 2018

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In the decades following World War II, the science of decision-making moved from the periphery to the center of transatlantic political theory, as part of the broader mobilization of social science during the Cold War. The Decisionist Imagination explores how "decisionism" emerged from its origins in prewar political science to become an object of intense scientific inquiry in the new intellectual and institutional landscape of the postwar era. By bringing together scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, this volume illuminates the connection between early twentieth-century conservative political theory and techno-scientific aspects of modern governance-helping to explain, in short, how we arrived at where we are today.

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"The Decisionist Imagination is more an effort to rethink specific aspects of an existing literature and will find a keen readership amongst those who know it." â¢ Journal of Contemporary History

"The Decisionist Imagination expertly outlines the development of a key component of social scientific thought, placing it into historical context across the whole of the twentieth century, providing a systematic analysis and evaluation of a core concept present in virtually all academic fields." â¢ Inderjeet Parmar, City University of London

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