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This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic
theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy
in the history of political thought. Each author addresses a single
thinker's reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and
the relationship between democracy and other regimes. Together,
these essays explore the tensions within the democratic way of life
that arise from an attachment to equality, liberty, citizenship,
law, and the divine. Above all, this work aims at recovering a more
complex understanding of democracy, connecting the perennial
questions of political philosophy to the perplexities and crises of
modern democracy.
This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic
theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy
in the history of political thought. Each author addresses a single
thinker's reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and
the relationship between democracy and other regimes. Together,
these essays explore the tensions within the democratic way of life
that arise from an attachment to equality, liberty, citizenship,
law, and the divine. Above all, this work aims at recovering a more
complex understanding of democracy, connecting the perennial
questions of political philosophy to the perplexities and crises of
modern democracy.
Enlightenment and Secularism is a collection of twenty eight essays
that seek to understand the connection between the European
Enlightenment and the emergence of secular societies, as well as
the character or nature of those societies. The contributors are
drawn from a variety of disciplines including History, Sociology,
Political Science, and Literature. Most of the essays focus on a
single text from the Enlightenment, borrowing or secularizing the
format of a sermon on a text, and are designed to be of particular
use to those teaching and studying the history of the Enlightenment
within a liberal arts curriculum.
Enlightenment and Secularism is a collection of twenty eight essays
that seek to understand the connection between the European
Enlightenment and the emergence of secular societies, as well as
the character or nature of those societies. The contributors are
drawn from a variety of disciplines including History, Sociology,
Political Science, and Literature. Most of the essays focus on a
single text from the Enlightenment, borrowing or secularizing the
format of a sermon on a text, and are designed to be of particular
use to those teaching and studying the history of the Enlightenment
within a liberal arts curriculum.
For forty years, Harvey Mansfield has been worth reading. Whether
plumbing the depths of MachiavelliOs Discourses or explaining what
was at stake in Bill ClintonOs impeachment, MansfieldOs work in
political philosophy and political science has set the standard. In
Educating the Prince, twenty-one of his students, themselves
distinguished scholars, try to live up to that standard. Their
essays offer penetrating analyses of Machiavellianism, liberalism,
and America., all of them informed by MansfieldOs own work. The
volume also includes a bibliography of MansfieldOs writings.
Motivated by the reentry of tyranny into political discourse and
political action, this new collection of essays compares ancient
and contemporary accounts of tyranny in an effort to find responses
to current political dilemmas and enduring truths. Identified by
Plato and Aristotle as the worst kind of regime, the concept of
tyranny was called into question during the Enlightenment and
finally rejected in the 20th century as questions of good and evil
were separated from facts-the proper domain for political science.
However, in our globally interconnected world, tyrants are no
longer dangerous solely to their subjects and neighbors, but to
all. Confronting Tyranny brings together distinguished scholars to
explore the lessons of classical political philosophy for the
present political crisis of understanding and action.
Motivated by the reentry of tyranny into political discourse and
political action, this new collection of essays compares ancient
and contemporary accounts of tyranny in an effort to find responses
to current political dilemmas and enduring truths. Identified by
Plato and Aristotle as the worst kind of regime, the concept of
tyranny was called into question during the Enlightenment and
finally rejected in the 20th century as questions of good and evil
were separated from facts-the proper domain for political science.
However, in our globally interconnected world, tyrants are no
longer dangerous solely to their subjects and neighbors, but to
all. Confronting Tyranny brings together distinguished scholars to
explore the lessons of classical political philosophy for the
present political crisis of understanding and action.
In this timely and enlightening new work, Mark Blitz explores the
link between character and politics in liberal democracies,
focusing on the importance of responsibility in American public and
professional life. He begins by analyzing the place of
responsibility in politics, tackling contemporary questions with an
eye toward foreign policy and the workings of bureaucracies.
Turning to the ways in which responsibility functions in the
professions, Blitz critically examines the link between responsible
character and the conditions for success in law, journalism,
education, and philanthropy. Paying particular attention to
biotechnology, Blitz explores responsibility's future and limits in
a field fraught with theoretical and practical controversy.
Finally, Blitz places liberalism and responsibility in a
philosophical context through a thoughtful discussion of John
Locke's philosophy. As the nation hotly debates the role of values
and character, Duty Bound is a timely look at the importance of one
of America's classic civic virtues.
Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss
and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume
demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students
have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary
political thought. By stressing the enduring vitality of classic
books and by articulating the theoretical and practical flaws of
relativism and historicism, the contributors argue that Strauss and
the Straussians have identified fundamental crises of modernity and
liberal democracy. This book emphasizes the broad range of
Strauss's influence, from literary criticism to constitutional
thought, and it denies the existence of a monolithic Straussian
political orthodoxy. Both critics and supporters of Strauss'
thought are included. All political theorists interested in
Strauss's extraordinary impact on political thought will want to
read this book.
Reason and Politics explores the central phenomena of political
life and, therefore, of human affairs in general. Amidst the
seemingly endless books on more and more narrowly specialized
topics within politics, Mark Blitz offers something very different.
Reason and Politics: The Nature of Political Phenomena examines the
central phenomena of political life in order to clarify their
meaning, source, and range. Blitz gives particular attention to the
notions of freedom, rights, justice, virtue, power, property,
nationalism, and the common good. At the same time, Blitz shows
how, in order to understand political matters correctly, we must
also understand how they affect us directly. We do not merely
theorize over political questions; we experience them. Blitz also
considers matters such as the powers and motions of the soul, the
nature of experience, and the varieties of pleasure and attachment.
Living at a time when technological change makes it difficult even
to claim convincingly that there are defining human characteristics
and natural limits that we simply cannot change, Reason and
Politics proposes that there are in fact basic phenomena not only
in politics, but that make up human affairs as such. In examining
these central phenomena in a lucid and articulate manner, this book
makes a unique contribution not only to the study of politics but
also to the study of philosophy more broadly. It will interest
undergraduate and graduate students, political scientists and
philosophers, those interested in politics, and general readers.
In Active Duty: Public Administration as Democratic Statesmanship,
a distinguished group of contributors examines the role of the
American civil service under the Constitution. The common concern
that unites the otherwise diverse approaches of the authors is the
conception of public administration as a particular form of
political activity. The contributors relate administrative issues
to the broader questions of political life, such as political
judgment and responsibility, the Constitution and
constitutionalism, and the promotion of human liberty and the
common good. They aim to encourage the administrator to become a
democratic statesman. Present and prospective American civil
servants, as well as political scientists and political
philosophers, will find this book of interest.
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