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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Автор: Smith, Bruce James
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press 2014.
Серія:Studies in moral, political, and legal philosophy.
Онлайн доступ:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zth2k
Зміст:
  • 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.