UID:
almafu_9959234318002883
Format:
1 online resource (219 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-934074-35-7
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1-134-65859-1
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1-134-65860-5
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0-203-00811-1
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0-203-15873-3
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1-280-33518-1
Content:
People, as Aristotle said, are political animals. Mainstream political philosophy, however, has largely neglected humankind's animal nature as beings who are naturally equipped, and inclined, to reason and work together, create social bonds and care for their young. Stephen Clark, grounded in biological analysis and traditional ethics, probes into areas ignored in mainstream political theory and argues for the significance of social bonds which bypass or transcend state authority. Understanding the ties that bind us reveals how enormously capable we are in achieving civil order as a specie
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristotle's woman; 2 Slaves and citizens; 3 Is humanity a natural kind?; 4 Children and the mammalian order; 5 Anarchists against the revolution; 6 Bioregional environmentalism and the humanistic culture; 7 Good and bad ethology and the decent polis; 8 Apes and the idea of kindred; 9 Herds of free bipeds; 10 Enlarging the community; 11 Nations and empires; References; Publications by Stephen R.L. Clark; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18911-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18910-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203008119
