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We live in the grip of a great illusion about politics, Pierre Manent argues in A 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 beliefs, which are especially widespread in Europe, Manent reasons that the political order is the key to the human order. Human life, in order to have force and meaning, must be concentrated in a particular political community, in which decisions are made through collective, creative debate. The best such community for democratic life, he argues, is still the nation-state. Following the example of nineteenth-century political philosophers such as Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill, Manent first describes a few essential features of democracy and the nation-state, and then shows how these characteristics illuminate many aspects of our present political circumstances. He ends by arguing that both democracy and the nation-state are under threat--from apolitical tendencies such as the cult of international commerce and attempts to replace democratic decisions with judicial procedures.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Pierre Manent |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Release |
: 2013-07-21 |
File |
: 228 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780691125671 |
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"Pierre Manent's A World beyond Politics? is at once a reflection on modern political philosophy from Rousseau to Tocqueville to Weber and an interpretation of the modern democratic state. Manent is one of the best--maybe the best--minds on the current French scene. His thought is always alive, original, and provocative. It would not surprise me if quite a few political philosophers began to revise their introductory courses to address the themes and problems articulated in this book."--Steven B. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science, Yale University
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Pierre Manent |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Release |
: 2006 |
File |
: 230 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780691125121 |
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: English literature |
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: |
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: 1896 |
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: 904 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: IOWA:31858045593229 |
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"The work of Room 4.1.3 enriches the theoretical discourse of contemporary landscape architecture. . . . This book is a statement of their formative ideas."—Kenneth Helphand, FASLA, University of Oregon, former editor of Landscape Journal
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Genre |
: Architecture |
Author |
: Richard Weller |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Release |
: 2005-02-25 |
File |
: 296 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015059256787 |
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: Religion |
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: |
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: |
Release |
: 2007 |
File |
: 328 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015066129415 |
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: |
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: |
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: 1983 |
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: 1162 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: PURD:32754074199963 |
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: United States |
Author |
: Roland Young |
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: |
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: 1967 |
File |
: 554 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015030801271 |
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Our wants for food, housing, medicine, transportation, luxuries, and all the other benefits of industrialization have resulted in the exploitation of our natural surroundings. We know our actions affect the physical world we depend on, so why must we be faced with catastrophic problems--overpopulation, the loss of bio-diversity, global warming, and the like--before we act to protect the planet's ecosystem--and then often inadequately? With astute analysis Peter Seidel explores the complex convergence of psychological, social, economic, and political factors that keep us from acting in our own self-interest. An environmental and human relations visionary, Seidel proposes adoption of a new "world model," a "universal ethic," and long-term societal goals. Educators and journalists must give us a better understanding of ourselves-creatures evolved to function in a hunter-gatherer society, not in the complex, hazardous world we have created. We must learn to use our minds to control our primitive drives rather than to satisfy them.
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: Nature |
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: Peter Seidel |
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: |
Release |
: 2001 |
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: 348 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: PSU:000044604714 |
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Genre |
: Poetry |
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: Tom Beckett |
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: |
Release |
: 2000 |
File |
: 204 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105111027335 |
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"Nesbitt-Larking challenges his readers to become critical consumers of media and provides a number of strategies to encourage them to do so." - Nick Baxter-Moore, Brock University
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Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: Paul Wingfield Nesbitt-Larking |
Publisher |
: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press |
Release |
: 2001 |
File |
: 432 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015054140762 |