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Nietzsche’s Culture War
The Unity of the Untimely Meditations
Av Shilo Brooks
Inbunden, 2017
1435 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive interpretation of Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations. It argues that the four Meditations—which Nietzsche said “deserve the greatest attention for my development”—are not separate pieces, but instead form a unified philosophic narrative that constitutes his first …
Lucretius as Theorist of Political Life
Av J. Colman
Inbunden, 2012
550 kr
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"John Colman has presented us with a profound and scrupulously detailed inquiry into how Lucretius understood the tensions between the philosophic life and the requirements and characteristics of the life of political action—tensions with which Lucretius had to deal in his endeavor to bring …
Political Philosophy Cross-Examined
Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life
Inbunden, 2013
550 kr
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Political societies frequently regard philosophers as potential threats to morality and religion, and those who speak for politics often demand a defense of philosophy. This book will address philosophy as a mode of existence put into question.
Shakespeare’s Political Wisdom
Av T. Burns
Inbunden, 2013
632 kr
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Shakespeare's Political Wisdom offers interpretations of five Shakespearean plays with a view to the enduring guidance those plays can provide to human, political life. The plays have been chosen for their relentless attention to the questions that were once and may sometime become, or be …
Reorientation: Leo Strauss in the 1930s
Av M. Yaffe, R. Ruderman
Inbunden, 2014
1093 kr
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The first comprehensive effort to examine Strauss's astonishingly wide-ranging writings of the 1930s (some of which have only recently been made available to English-speaking readers, including several herein) with a view to their unifying theme of recovering classical political philosophy.
Xenophon the Socratic Prince
The Argument of the Anabasis of Cyrus
Av E. Buzzetti
Inbunden, 2014
1382 kr
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An interpretation of Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus, paralleling the text to Machiavelli's The Prince, and focusing on the question: How did the Socratic education help Xenophon reconcile morality with effectiveness, the noble with the good, as a ruler?
Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy
Av D. Levy
Inbunden, 2013
550 kr
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Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy offers a new account of Plato's view of eros, or romantic love, by focusing on a question which has vexed many scholars: why does Plato's Socrates praise eros highly on some occasions but also criticize it harshly on others? Through detailed analyses of …
Reorientation: Leo Strauss in the 1930s
Av M. Yaffe, R. Ruderman
Häftad, 2014
550 kr
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The first comprehensive effort to examine Strauss's astonishingly wide-ranging writings of the 1930s (some of which have only recently been made available to English-speaking readers, including several herein) with a view to their unifying theme of recovering classical political philosophy.
Modern Democracy and the Theological-Political Problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson
Av L. Ward
Inbunden, 2014
1310 kr
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The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo …
Sexuality and Globalization: An Introduction to a Phenomenology of Sexualities
Av L. Bibard
Inbunden, 2014
550 kr
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The book argues that a universally widespread virility currently prevents humans from realizing their sexualities, which are originally the feminine and the masculine. This obstacle may be traced back to Renaissance humanism, whose core intention is to take control over the so-called 'nature."
Prudential Public Leadership
Promoting Ethics in Public Policy and Administration
Av J. Uhr
Inbunden, 2015
550 kr
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This book recovers Aristotle's understanding of the roles of rhetoric and prudence in public leadership, comparing it to the other major political theories of leadership: utilitarianism, as advocated by J.S. Mill, and duty-ethics, as advocated by Immanuel Kant.
Companion to Raymond Aron
Av José Colen, Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut
Inbunden, 2015
1093 kr
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This edited collection brings to light the rare virtues and uncommon merits of Raymond Aron, the main figure of French twentieth-century liberalism. The Companion to Raymond Aron is an essential supplement to Aron's autobiography Mémoires (1984) and main works, exploring the substance of his …
Shakespeare’s Political Wisdom
Av T. Burns
Häftad, 2015
695 kr
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Shakespeare's Political Wisdom offers interpretations of five Shakespearean plays with a view to the enduring guidance those plays can provide to human, political life. The plays have been chosen for their relentless attention to the questions that were once and may sometime become, or be …
Lucretius as Theorist of Political Life
Av J. Colman
Häftad, 2015
550 kr
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"John Colman has presented us with a profound and scrupulously detailed inquiry into how Lucretius understood the tensions between the philosophic life and the requirements and characteristics of the life of political action—tensions with which Lucretius had to deal in his endeavor to bring …
Political Philosophy Cross-Examined
Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life
Häftad, 2015
550 kr
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Political societies frequently regard philosophers as potential threats to morality and religion, and those who speak for politics often demand a defense of philosophy. This book will address philosophy as a mode of existence put into question.
Xenophon the Socratic Prince
The Argument of the Anabasis of Cyrus
Av E. Buzzetti
Häftad, 2015
1132 kr
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An interpretation of Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus, paralleling the text to Machiavelli's The Prince, and focusing on the question: How did the Socratic education help Xenophon reconcile morality with effectiveness, the noble with the good, as a ruler?
Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy
Av D. Levy
Häftad, 2015
550 kr
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Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy offers a new account of Plato's view of eros, or romantic love, by focusing on a question which has vexed many scholars: why does Plato's Socrates praise eros highly on some occasions but also criticize it harshly on others? Through detailed analyses of …
Modern Democracy and the Theological-Political Problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson
Av L. Ward
Häftad, 2014
333 kr
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The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo …
Montesquieu’s Political Economy
Häftad, 2016
320 kr
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This book provides an introductory survey of Montesquieu's economic ideas and a fresh examination of the longstanding controversy over the meaning and purpose of Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws. No one doubts that Montesquieu helped to formulate the core liberal ideals at the heart of the …
Companion to Raymond Aron
Av José Colen, Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut
Häftad, 2016
1310 kr
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This edited collection brings to light the rare virtues and uncommon merits of Raymond Aron, the main figure of French twentieth-century liberalism. The Companion to Raymond Aron is an essential supplement to Aron's autobiography Mémoires (1984) and main works, exploring the substance of his …
Prudential Public Leadership
Promoting Ethics in Public Policy and Administration
Av J. Uhr
Häftad, 2016
550 kr
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This book recovers Aristotle's understanding of the roles of rhetoric and prudence in public leadership, comparing it to the other major political theories of leadership: utilitarianism, as advocated by J.S. Mill, and duty-ethics, as advocated by Immanuel Kant.
David Hume’s Humanity
The Philosophy of Common Life and Its Limits
Av S. Yenor
Häftad, 2017
365 kr
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Scott Yenor argues that David Hume's reputation as a skeptic is greatly exaggerated and that Hume's skepticism is a moment leading Hume to defend common life philosophy and the humane commercial republic. Gentle, humane virtues reflect the proper reaction to the complex mixture of human faculties …
Cicero’s Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy
Häftad, 2018
311 kr
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This book explores Cicero’s moral and political philosophy with great attention to his life and thought as a whole. The author “thinks through” Cicero with a close reading of his most important philosophical writings. Nicgorski often resolves apparent tensions in Cicero’s thought that have posed …
Socrates in the Cave
On the Philosopher’s Motive in Plato
Av Paul J. Diduch, Michael P. Harding
Häftad, 2019
1419 kr
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This book addresses the problem of fully explaining Socrates’ motives for philosophic interlocution in Plato’s dialogues. Why, for instance, does Socrates talk to many philosophically immature and seemingly incapable interlocutors? Are his motives in these cases moral, prudential, erotic, …
Strauss-Krüger Correspondence
Returning to Plato through Kant
Häftad, 2018
1202 kr
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This book presents the first full translation of the correspondence of Leo Strauss and Gerhard Krüger, showing for each the development of key and influential ideas, along with seven interpretative essays by leading Strauss scholars. During the early to mid-1930’s, Leo Strauss carried on an …
Tocqueville’s Moderate Penal Reform
Häftad, 2019
257 kr
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This book presents an interpretive analysis of the major themes and purpose of Alexis de Tocqueville’s and Gustave de Beaumont’s first work, On the Penitentiary System, thereby offering new insights into Tocqueville as a moderate liberal statesman. The book explores Tocqueville’s thinking on …
On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France
The Complete Text
Av Gustave de Beaumont, Alexis de Tocqueville
Häftad, 2019
311 kr
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This book provides the first complete, literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville’s and Gustave de Beaumont’s first edition of On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France. The work contains a critical comparison of two competing American penitentiary …
Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss
The Politics of Renaissance and Enlightenment
Inbunden, 2019
984 kr
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This book compares the thought of Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss, bringing Oakeshott’s desire for a renaissance of poetic individuality into dialogue with Strauss’s recovery of the universality of philosophical enlightenment. Starting from the conventional understanding of these thinkers as …
Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss
The Politics of Renaissance and Enlightenment
Häftad, 2020
984 kr
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This book compares the thought of Michael Oakeshott and Leo Strauss, bringing Oakeshott’s desire for a renaissance of poetic individuality into dialogue with Strauss’s recovery of the universality of philosophical enlightenment. Starting from the conventional understanding of these thinkers as …
Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine
Av Ben Holland
Inbunden, 2019
930 kr
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Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine explores the analogy between the self and political society in the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo. This analogy is an important theme in the history of political thought. Attempts have been made to understand the state by examining the soul (since …
