UID:
edocfu_9959803039302883
Format:
1 online resource (400 p.)
ISBN:
9780674053472
Content:
As Hegel famously noted, referring to the Roman goddess Minerva, her owl brought back wisdom only at dusk, when it was too late to shine light on actual politics. Jeffrey Abramson provides a lively and accessible guide for readers discovering the tradition of political thought that dates back to Socrates and Plato, with contemporary examples that illustrate the enduring nature of political dilemmas.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Introduction: The Canon of Political Thought --
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1 Plato's Republic: The Debate over Justice Begins --
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2 The Students Revolt against Utopia --
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3 Out of the Cave and into the Light-and Back Again? --
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4 Beyond Plato's Tragic Republic --
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5 Aristotle's Ethics: The Habits of Virtue --
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6 Aristotle's Politics: Severed Hands and Political Animals --
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7 Augustine and the Problem of Evil --
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8 Machiavelli's Dirty Hands --
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9 Hobbes and the Kingdom of Means --
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10 Locke, Liberalism, and the Possessive Life --
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11 Rousseau and the Rustic --
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12 Rousseau and the Political --
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13 Kant's Crooked Timber --
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14 John Stuart Mill and the Demands of Individuality --
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15 Hegel, Marx, and the Owl of Minerva --
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16 The Revival of Political Theory --
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Conclusion: The Passion for Politics --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674053472
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674053472
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