Theories of Tyranny From Plato to Arendt

Name: Theories of Tyranny From Plato to Arendt
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ISBN: 9780271014579

ISBN-10: 0271014571

ISBN-13: 9780271014579

Edition: 1995

Authors: Roger Boesche

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This book explores a little-noticed tradition in the history of European political thought. From Plato to Aristotle to Tacitus and Machiavelli, and from Tocqueville to Max Weber and Hannah Arendt, political thinkers have examined the tyrannies of their times and have wondered how these tyrannies come about, how they work, and how they might be defeated. In examining this perennial problem of tyranny, Roger Boesche looks at how these thinkers borrowed from the past--thus entering into an established dialogue--to analyze the present. Although obviously tyrannies are not identical over time (Hitler certainly did not rule as Nero), we can learn partial lessons from past thinkers that can help…

Book details

List price: $110.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 11/20/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 504
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 1.958



Preface


Introduction



Plato: The Political Psychology of Tyranny



Aristotle: Tyranny as Unnatural



Tacitus: Tyranny as a Politics of Pretense



Machiavelli: Defeating Princely Tyrannies



Montesquieu's Two Theories of Despotism: Fearing Monarchs and Merchants



Tocqueville: The Pleasures of Servitude



Marx: Despotism of Class and Workplace



Freud: The Reproduction of Tyranny



Weber: The Inevitability of Bureaucratic Domination



Fromm, Neumann, and Arendt: Three Early Interpretations of Nazi Germany


Conclusion: Thinking About Tyranny


Afterword


Index