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The Politics of Human Nature (Hardcover)
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The Politics of Human Nature (Hardcover)
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The effort to understand human nature in a political context is a
daunting challenge that has been undertaken in a variety of ways
and by a myriad of disciplines through the ages. From Plato to
Hobbes and Burke, to Wallas and Oakeschott in our era, efforts have
been made to provide some organic framework for the political study
of mankind. What has added greatly to the complexity of the task is
the increasing denial, even rejection, in the positivist and
behaviorist traditions, of the very notion of a human nature.The
work can be described as a series of interlocking propositions: the
proverbial view of human nature can be explained by evolutionary
theory. Biological differences between men and women are
responsible for family, community and group life. Social evolution
goes through stages which are recapitulated in the moral life of
individuals. A well-defined federal system mirrors human
development. And finally, for Fleming, most problems in social and
political life stem from violations of this federalist
system.Fleming's volume takes up a variety of issues: sex and
gender differences, democracy and dictatorship, individual and
familial patterns of association. He does so in the context of
showing how forms of legitimate authority such as families,
communities and nations establish such authority by appeals to
human nature, and that these appeals, while presumably resting on
empirical evidence, also confirm the existence of normative
structures. Fleming's work is an effort of synthesis that is sure
to arouse discussion and debate. It represents a serious addition
to a literature retrieved from the historical dustbins to which it
has been repeatedly consigned.
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