Description:
- This is the first volume to explore decisionism beyond the thought of Carl Schmitt.
- This is the first volume to trace how decisionism impacted the social sciences in the trans-Atlantic context of the United States and Europe.
- This is the first volume to explore decisionism from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Brief description:
Daniel Bessner is Associate Professor of International Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
Review Quotes:
"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." - 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." - Inderjeet Parmar, City University of London