Politics and Remembrance : Republican Themes in Machiavelli, Burke, and Tocqueville.

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. Origina...

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Prif Awdur: Smith, Bruce James
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press 2014.
Cyfres:Studies in moral, political, and legal philosophy.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zth2k
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • One. Introduction
  • Two. Machiavelli: Remembrance And The Republic
  • Three. Edmund Burke: Political Order And The Past
  • Four. Aleixs De Tocqueville: The Politics Of Affection
  • Five. Thinking About The Republic: A Note On Equality And Authority
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter.