Primacy of the Political A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions

Name: Primacy of the Political A History of Political Thought from the Greeks to the French and American Revolutions
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ISBN: 9780231135955

ISBN-10: 0231135955

ISBN-13: 9780231135955

Edition: 2010

Authors: Dick Howard

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The conflict between politics and antipolitics has replayed itself throughout Western history and philosophical thought. Plato's quest for absolute certainty led him to denounce political democracy, an anti-political position later challenged by Aristotle. This back-and-forth exchange came to a head at the time of the American and French revolutions. Through this wide-ranging narrative, Dick Howard throws new light on a recurring philosophical dilemma, proving our political problems are not as unique as we think.Howard begins with democracy in ancient Greece and the rise and fall of republican politics in Rome. In the wake of Rome's collapse, political thought searched for a new medium, and…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



A Note to the Reader


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Democracy and the Renewal of Political Thought



The Rise and Fall of Athenian Democracy


The Origins of Athenian Democracy


The Ideal and the Reality of Athenian Democracy: Pericles' Funeral Oration


Plato's Philosophical Antipolitics


Aristotle and the Property Political


Philosophy Goes Private



The Rise and Fall of Roman Republicanism


Livy and the Origin of the Republican Spirit


Polybius and the Structure of Republican Institutions


Cicero and the Moral Theory of Republican Politics


The Empire Turns Inward: The Emergence of Pauline Christianity



The Conflict of the Sacred and the Secular


The Two Cities in Theory and Practice


The Conflict of the Two Cities Becomes a Reality


Natural Law and the Dynamic Integration of the Two Cities


Piety, Theology, and the Birth of Modern Man



Facing the Challenge of Modernity


Luther's Soteriological Politics: Spiritual Democracy or Political Servitude


Calvin's Political Ecclesiology: Conservative Republicanism


Machiavelli's Political Realism: The Illusions of the Republican Prince



Modern Individualism and Political Obligation


Hobbes's Liberal Absolutism


Locke's Constitutional Liberalism


Rousseau's Defensive Republicanism



The End of Political Philosophy?


A Political Economy?


The French Revolution and the Ambiguities of a Democratic Republic


The Legitimacy of Conservatism?


The United States as a Republican Democracy


Conclusion


Elements for a Democratic Renewal


Notes


Glossary


Index