Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Primacy of the PoliticalCondition: NewSubtitle: A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American RevolutionsISBN-10: 0231135947EAN: 9780231135948ISBN: 9780231135948Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/30/2010Description: 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 Howard puts this dilemma into fresh perspective, proving our contemporary political problems are not as unique as we think. Howard begins with democracy in ancient Greece and the rise and fall of republican politics in Rome. In the wake of Rome's collapse, political thought searched for a new medium, and the conflict between politics and antipolitics reemerged through the contrasting theories of Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas. During the Renaissance and Reformation, the emergence of the modern individual again transformed the terrain of the political. Even so, politics vs. antipolitics dominated the period, frustrating even Machiavelli, who sought to reconceptualize the nature of political thought. Hobbes and Locke, theorists of the social contract, then reenacted the conflict, which Rousseau sought (in vain) to overcome.Adam Smith and the growth of modern economic liberalism, the radicalism of the French revolution, and the conservative reaction of Edmund Burke subsequently marked the triumph of antipolitics, while the American Revolution momentarily offered the potential for a renewal of politics. Taken together, these historical examples, viewed through the prism of philosophy, reveal the roots of today's political climate and the trajectory of battles yet to come.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Dick HowardGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political HistoryRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Primacy of the Political
Title: The Primacy of the Political
Subtitle: A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and
ISBN-10: 0231135947
EAN: 9780231135948
ISBN: 9780231135948
Release Date: 09/30/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Primacy of the Political : A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 0.1 in
Subject: History & Theory, World
Item Weight: 27.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Dick Howard
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 0.9 in
Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
