Edinburgh Studies in Comparative Political Theory and Intellectual History – serie
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Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy
Natural Rights and the Harmony of Interests
Av Lee Ward
Inbunden, 2022
1331 kr
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This book re-examines the philosophical roots of classical liberal political economy and its relationship to the problem of empire and the emancipation of women. It proposes an interpretive model based upon the interconnection between distinct theories of natural rights and the harmony of …
Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy
Natural Rights and the Harmony of Interests
Av Lee Ward
Häftad, 2023
604 kr
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Lays out an account of the origins and development of liberal political and economic theoryIncludes case studies that cover thinkers and ideas from the English Civil War through to liberalism's first encounters with socialism Provides comparative analysis of distinct intellectual traditions …
Modern Philosopher Kings
Wisdom and Power in Politics
Av Haig Patapan
Häftad, 2024
279 kr
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Can wisdom and power, philosophy and politics be combined to secure justice? Or are there formidable tensions, even antagonism between them? Socrates presented the philosopher king as an aspiration, a remedy for the ills of the world. He also called it a paradox, a challenging and perplexing …
Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940
Liberal and Anti-Liberal Political Thought in Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2023
1265 kr
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Explores the reception of Machiavelli's works in modern Latin America and Spanish-speaking political thought between 1880 and 1940Offers the first systematic research on Machiavelli in Spanish-Speaking political thought Compares the reception of Machiavelli between the Spanish-Speaking and …
Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940
Liberal and Anti-Liberal Political Thought in Comparative Perspective
Häftad, 2024
351 kr
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Combining historiography and political theory, this book compares different strands of Machiavelli’s reception in South and North America, and between Hispanic America and Spain. It provides new insight into Machiavelli's writings and how they have been read in different contexts. The book analyses …
Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients
Platonism and Radical Republicanism
E-bok, 2026
1178 kr
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Machiavellianism and Platonism are traditionally opposed, as realism is to idealism, and might is to right. This book questions this opposition, arguing that Machiavelli is far more influenced by Platonism than by Epicureanism. The Platonism at the time of the Medici is marked by the reception of …
Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients
Platonism and Radical Republicanism
E-bok, 2026
1178 kr
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Machiavellianism and Platonism are traditionally opposed, as realism is to idealism, and might is to right. This book questions this opposition, arguing that Machiavelli is far more influenced by Platonism than by Epicureanism. The Platonism at the time of the Medici is marked by the reception of …
Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment
Montesquieu, Hume, Smith and Ferguson
Av Constantine Christos Vassiliou
Häftad, 2025
338 kr
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Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment responds to a perennial problem in political theory: how to balance commercial considerations with the public good. It investigates this dilemma through the lenses of Enlightenment thinkers whose liberal theories responded to the hazards of …
Theopolitical Figures
Scripture, Prophecy, Oath, Charisma, Hospitality
Häftad, 2025
338 kr
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The book addresses the question of the extent to which theological discourse has been and is relevant to the origins of the meanings, symbols, and realities of some instituted political practices. This relevance has historically manifested itself in the hybridisation of theological and political …
Theopolitical Figures
Scripture, Prophecy, Oath, Charisma, Hospitality
Inbunden, 2023
1265 kr
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Examines the meaning of five theopolitical figures scripture, prophecy, oath, charisma and hospitality in contemporary philosophical-political discourseRe-inscribes contemporary political concepts and experiences in the 'theological locus' from which they supposedly come and at the same time looks …
Space and Political Universalism in Early Modern Physics and Philosophy
Inbunden, 2024
1303 kr
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How did early modern philosophy of space shape the modern concept of political universalism? In this book, Pablo Bustinduy persuasively argues that political universalism emerged from both the developments of Newtonian science and the formulation of the modern philosophy of the State. In the …
Space and Political Universalism in Early Modern Physics and Philosophy
Häftad, 2025
322 kr
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How did early modern philosophy of space shape the modern concept of political universalism? In this book, Pablo Bustinduy persuasively argues that political universalism emerged from both the developments of Newtonian science and the formulation of the modern philosophy of the State. In the …
Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism
Prometheus in Political Theory
Inbunden, 2025
1199 kr
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Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism explores the archetype of Prometheus in political theory, representing faith in human agency and self-governance. It borrows perspectives from Hannah Arendt and Christopher Lasch, tracing Promethean elements in the philosophy behind the ancient …
Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism
Prometheus in Political Theory
Häftad, 2026
313 kr
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Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism explores the archetype of Prometheus in political theory, representing faith in human agency and self-governance. It borrows perspectives from Hannah Arendt and Christopher Lasch, tracing Promethean elements in the philosophy behind the ancient …
Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism
Prometheus in Political Theory
E-bok, 2025
382 kr
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Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism explores the archetype of Prometheus in political theory, representing faith in human agency and self-governance. It borrows perspectives from Hannah Arendt and Christopher Lasch, tracing Promethean elements in the philosophy behind the ancient …
Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism
Prometheus in Political Theory
E-bok, 2025
382 kr
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Ancient Greek Democracy and American Republicanism explores the archetype of Prometheus in political theory, representing faith in human agency and self-governance. It borrows perspectives from Hannah Arendt and Christopher Lasch, tracing Promethean elements in the philosophy behind the ancient …
Modern Tyrant
Authoritarian Leadership in Theory and Practice
Av Haig Patapan
Inbunden, 2026
1173 kr
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The Modern Tyrant argues that modern authoritarian leaders resemble classical tyrants but are distinctive in three ways: their ambitions for wealth and glory are shaped by modernity (especially nationalism, religion and ideology); their techniques are novel, combining authoritarian and democratic …
Herodotus and the Birth of Freedom
Liberty in Ancient Greece and Persia
Inbunden, 2026
1199 kr
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Herodotus and the Birth of Freedom examines Herodotus’ presentation of Persia in the History, arguing that Herodotus considered the Persians to be free rather than slaves and the Persian monarchs to be legitimate kings rather than oppressive tyrants. Matthew K. Reising offers a new interpretation …
Herodotus and the Birth of Freedom
Liberty in Ancient Greece and Persia
E-bok, 2026
1375 kr
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Herodotus and the Birth of Freedom examines Herodotus' presentation of Persia in the History, arguing that Herodotus considered the Persians to be free rather than slaves and the Persian monarchs to be legitimate kings rather than oppressive tyrants. Matthew K. Reising offers a new interpretation …
Herodotus and the Birth of Freedom
Liberty in Ancient Greece and Persia
E-bok, 2026
1375 kr
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Herodotus and the Birth of Freedom examines Herodotus' presentation of Persia in the History, arguing that Herodotus considered the Persians to be free rather than slaves and the Persian monarchs to be legitimate kings rather than oppressive tyrants. Matthew K. Reising offers a new interpretation …
Russian Political Philosophy
Anarchy, Authority, Autocracy
Inbunden, 2022
1895 kr
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Covering tsarist, Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, this book traces how Russian thinkers have, in the course of history, been thinking about the political. It examines the past and the present state of political philosophy in Russia chronologically and conceptually, to highlight its distinctive …
Russian Political Philosophy
Anarchy, Authority, Autocracy
Häftad, 2024
325 kr
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Political philosophy in Russia has always sought, and sometimes found, a middle way between embracing anarchy and searching for authority. Political philosophy in Russia has never before been the subject of a scholarly monograph. While historical factors make this understandable, the topic deserves …
Reforming the Law of Nature
Natural Law in the Reformed Tradition and the Secularisation of Political Thought, 1532–1688
Inbunden, 2022
1816 kr
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Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and conceptions of the origins of politicsReforming the Law of Nature is a stimulating study of the development of natural law ideas in the early modern period. The book brings sixteenth and seventeenth century jurisprudence, theology …
Reforming the Law of Nature
Natural Law in the Reformed Tradition and the Secularisation of Political Thought, 1532–1688
Häftad, 2023
488 kr
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Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politicsProvides a fresh interpretation of the historical relationship between early modern developments in natural law theories and important features of modern political thought, including secularization …
Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients
Platonism and Radical Republicanism
Inbunden, 2026
1901 kr
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Machiavellianism and Platonism are traditionally opposed, as realism is to idealism, and might is to right. This book questions this opposition, arguing that Machiavelli is far more influenced by Platonism than by Epicureanism. The Platonism at the time of the Medici is marked by the reception of …
