Politics and Remembrance : : Republican Themes in Machiavelli, Burke, and Tocqueville / / Bruce James Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Bruce James,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy ; 43
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400855032; 9783110413441; 9783110413519; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400855032
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bruce James Smith.

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 editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover 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.