UID:
almafu_9959244464602883
Format:
1 online resource (266 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-84540-720-2
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1-84540-721-0
Content:
This book deals with the role and place of the general will in modern and contemporary political thought. This project is carried out at the crossroads of the history of ideas and political philosophy. It extensively develops historical and philosophical themes, showing modifications to the idea of the general will in the writings of thinkers who sometimes represent very distant epochs. The author tracks down the birth and the development of the idea of the general will in ancient, medieval,...
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; General Will in Political Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter One; 1.1. From St. Paul to Denis Diderot; 1.2. The general will in the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Chapter Two; 2.1. Beyond the abstractions of reason; 2.2. The social sources of identity. Towards contextualism; 2.3. Teleologism, historicism, moral ideal; 2.4. "The duties of citizenship"; Chapter Three; 3.1. Novelty and limitations of the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau; 3.2. The general will as...; 3.3 Further history of the concept of the general will
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Chapter Four4.1 Liberal communitarianism; 4.2. Is idealism liberal-communitarian?; 4.3 The idealist theory of rights; 4.4 What became of the idealist theory of rights; 4.5 Determinants of the liberal communitarianism of the idealists*; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Matter; Also Available
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84540-562-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-18177-1
Language:
English
