The Primacy of the Political : : A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions / / Dick Howard.
The conflict between politics and antipolitics has replayed throughout Western history and philosophical thought. From the beginning, Plato's quest for absolute certainty led him to denounce democracy, an anti-political position challenged by Aristotle. In his wide-ranging narrative, Dick Howar...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Note to the Reader
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Democracy and the Renewal of Political Thought
- 1 The Rise and Fall of Athenian Democracy
- 2 The Rise and Fall of Roman Republicanism
- 3 The Conflict of the Sacred and the Secular
- 4 Facing the Challenge of Modernity
- 5 Modern Individualism and Political Obligation
- 6 The End of Political Philosophy?
- Conclusion: Elements for a Democratic Renewal
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index