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21 produkter
America Through European Eyes
British and French Reflections on the New World from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
Av Aurelian Craiutu, Jeffrey C. Isaac
Inbunden, 2009
918 kr
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George W. Bush’s foreign policy touted America as the model of democracy worth exporting to the four corners of the globe. Osama bin Laden has painted a picture of our society as soulless and materialistic, representing values that are the antithesis of his version of Islam. Such starkly …
America Through European Eyes
British and French Reflections on the New World from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
Av Aurelian Craiutu, Jeffrey C. Isaac
Häftad, 2009
618 kr
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George W. Bush’s foreign policy touted America as the model of democracy worth exporting to the four corners of the globe. Osama bin Laden has painted a picture of our society as soulless and materialistic, representing values that are the antithesis of his version of Islam. Such starkly …
Tocqueville on America after 1840
Letters and Other Writings
Av Jeremy Jennings, Aurelian Craiutu
Häftad, 2009
744 kr
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Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has been recognized as an indispensable starting point for understanding American politics. From the publication of the second volume in 1840 until his death in 1859, Tocqueville continued to monitor political developments in America and committed many …
Tocqueville on America after 1840
Letters and Other Writings
Av Jeremy Jennings, Aurelian Craiutu
Inbunden, 2009
814 kr
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Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has been recognized as an indispensable starting point for understanding American politics. From the publication of the second volume in 1840 until his death in 1859, Tocqueville continued to monitor political developments in America and committed many …
Virtue for Courageous Minds
Moderation in French Political Thought, 1748-1830
Inbunden, 2012
685 kr
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Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer …
Virtue for Courageous Minds
Moderation in French Political Thought, 1748-1830
Häftad, 2016
325 kr
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Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer …
Liberalism under Siege
The Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires
Häftad, 2003
645 kr
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Liberalism under Siege: The Political Thought of the French Doctrinaries is a compelling examination of the French Doctrinaries, a largely neglected group of liberal thinkers in post-revolutionary France who were proponents of a nuanced sociological and historical approach to political theory. The …
Conversations with Tocqueville
The Global Democratic Revolution in the Twenty-first Century
Av Aurelian Craiutu, Sheldon Gellar
Häftad, 2009
711 kr
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The questions and issues raised by Tocqueville in his monumental studies of France and America are just as crucial for understanding the evolution of democracy in the West and the development of democracy in the non-western world. They clearly show the breadth of Tocqueville's contributions to the …
Faces of Moderation
The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes
Häftad, 2018
384 kr
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Aristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But moderation's protean character-its vague and ill-defined omnipresence in judgment and action-makes it …
Faces of Moderation
The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes
Inbunden, 2017
1190 kr
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Aristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But moderation's protean character-its vague and ill-defined omnipresence in judgment and action-makes it …
Faces of Moderation
The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes
E-bok, 2016
489 kr
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Aristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But moderation's protean character-its vague and ill-defined omnipresence in judgment and action-makes it …
On Executive Power in Great States
Av Jacques Necker, Aurelian Craiutu
Inbunden, 2020
338 kr
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Jacques Necker (17321804) was a Swiss statesman and financier who played a crucial role in French political life from 1776 to 1789. Born in Geneva, he was a devout Protestant who amassed considerable wealth as a successful banker. In October 1776, he was appointed as director of the Royal Treasury …
Norberto Bobbio
A Life for Democracy on the Battlefield of Ideologies
Av Aurelian Craiutu, David Ragazzoni
E-bok, 2023
738 kr
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This book explores the writings of Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004) who was Italy’s foremost political, legal, and democratic theorist, a distinguished historian of political and legal ideas, and one of the country’s most perceptive public intellectuals throughout the second half of the twentieth …
Norberto Bobbio
A Life for Democracy on the Battlefield of Ideologies
Av Aurelian Craiutu, David Ragazzoni
E-bok, 2023
738 kr
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This book explores the writings of Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004) who was Italy’s foremost political, legal, and democratic theorist, a distinguished historian of political and legal ideas, and one of the country’s most perceptive public intellectuals throughout the second half of the twentieth …
Norberto Bobbio
A Life for Democracy on the Battlefield of Ideologies
Av David Ragazzoni, Aurelian Craiutu
Inbunden, 2023
2504 kr
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This book explores the writings of Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004) who was Italy’s foremost political, legal, and democratic theorist, a distinguished historian of political and legal ideas, and one of the country’s most perceptive public intellectuals throughout the second half of the twentieth …
Norberto Bobbio
A Life for Democracy on the Battlefield of Ideologies
Av David Ragazzoni, Aurelian Craiutu
Häftad, 2024
646 kr
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This book explores the writings of Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004) who was Italy’s foremost political, legal, and democratic theorist, a distinguished historian of political and legal ideas, and one of the country’s most perceptive public intellectuals throughout the second half of the twentieth …
Why Not Moderation?
Letters to Young Radicals
Inbunden, 2023
262 kr
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Moderation is often presented as a simple virtue for lukewarm and indecisive minds, searching for a fuzzy center between the extremes. Not surprisingly, many politicians do not want to be labelled 'moderates' for fear of losing elections. Why Not Moderation? challenges this conventional image and …
Virtue for Courageous Minds
Moderation in French Political Thought, 1748-1830
E-bok, 2012
428 kr
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Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer …
Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution
Av Germaine de Stael, Aurelian Craiutu
E-bok, 2008
84 kr
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Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution was a winner in the Scholarly/Reference category at the Chicago Book Clinic’s 2009 Book & Media Show. Germaine de Staël’s voice, which Napoleon Bonaparte tried to silence by censorship and banishment, is a unique and important …
