Societal Breakdown and the Rise of the Early Modern State in Europe - Memory of the Future (Hardcover)

This book compares the social decomposition in late medieval Europe to the societal failure witnessed today in the modern West, arguing that in the case of emergencies, a strong despotic state is the only way to maintain basic order. Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior (criminality, promiscuity, and anti-sanitary actions, as well as other aspects of social, political, and communal breakdown) in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos. While the majority of Western (and particularly Anglo-American) scholarship dictates that Jeffersonian democracy will spread over the world, Shlapentokh argues that instead it is the precepts of Hobbes and Carl Schmitt that will shape the world to come.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	D. Shlapentokh
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	233
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-60375-2
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal, health & social education (PHSE) > Citizenship Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Promotions
LSN:	0-230-60375-0
Barcode:	9780230603752

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