World Beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation State

Name: World Beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation State
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ISBN: 9780691125671

ISBN-10: 0691125678

ISBN-13: 9780691125671

Edition: 2013

Authors: P. Manent

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We live in the grip of a great illusion about politics, Pierre Manent argues inA World beyond Politics?It's the illusion that we would be better off without politics--at least national politics, and perhaps all politics. It is a fantasy that if democratic values could somehow detach themselves from their traditional national context, we could enter a world of pure democracy, where human society would be ruled solely according to law and morality. Borders would dissolve in unconditional internationalism and nations would collapse into supranational organizations such as the European Union. Free of the limits and sins of politics, we could finally attain the true life.In contrast to these…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English