TY - GEN T1 - Politics and Remembrance : Republican Themes in Machiavelli, Burke, and Tocqueville. T2 - Studies in moral, political, and legal philosophy. A1 - Smith, Bruce James LA - English PP - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn884013446 AB - This inquiry into the nature of political action concerns what the author describes as the most precarious and uncertain of human endeavors." Focusing on specific themes in Machiavelli, Burke, and Tocqueville, Bruce Smith identifies political action as a distinct mode of human activity. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. OP - 301 CN - JC421 .S55 2014 SN - 9781400855032 SN - 1400855039 KW - Machiavelli, Niccolò, : 1469-1527. KW - Burke, Edmund, : 1729-1797. KW - Tocqueville, Alexis de, : 1805-1859. KW - Tocqueville, Alexis de, : 1805-1859 : Contributions in political science. KW - Burke, Edmund, : 1729-1797 : Political science. KW - Machiavelli, Niccolò, : 1469-1527 : Political science. KW - Burke, Edmund, : 1729-1797 KW - Machiavelli, Niccolò, : 1469-1527 KW - Tocqueville, Alexis de, : 1805-1859 KW - Republicanism. KW - Political participation. KW - Memory. KW - Républicanisme. KW - Participation politique. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Freedom & Security : Civil Rights. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Freedom & Security : Human Rights. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Civil Rights. KW - Memory KW - Political participation KW - Republicanism ER -