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"It is refreshing to read an essay on political ideas distinguished both by precision of thought and clarity of expression." Philosophical Review
Author : CH. Wirszubski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 20,37 MB
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 0521068487
"It is refreshing to read an essay on political ideas distinguished both by precision of thought and clarity of expression." Philosophical Review
Author : Chaim Wirszubski
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781014218322
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Chaim Wirszubski
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Civil rights
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Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195162530
The bestselling author of "Washington's Crossing" and "Albion's Seed" offers a strikingly original history of America's founding principles. Fischer examines liberty and freedom not as philosophical or political abstractions, but as folkways and popular beliefs deeply embedded in American culture. 400+ illustrations, 250 in full color.
Author : Annabel S. Brett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 36,55 MB
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521543408
A major re-evaluation of the history of our thinking about rights.
Author : Thomas E. Strunk
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,24 MB
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1839980567
Violence exploding in public spaces, corruption by political figures and economic elites, the will of the people thwarted in both elections and votes in the senate, military misadventures abroad, and rampant economic inequality at home diminishing a shared sense of the common good – in sum, a republic in disarray. These descriptions are not only familiar from ancient Roman political and social life but are also recognizable to any United States citizen who follows the news and American civic life. On the Republic proceeds chronologically through the fall of the Roman Republic beginning in 133 BCE and continuing down to around 14 CE, providing a continuous narrative of the fall of the Roman Republic juxtaposed with the contemporary political landscape of the United States. In 20 short chapters, On the Republic explores how the United States now faces many of the same challenges that toppled the Roman Republic - political divisions, economic inequality, and creeping authoritarianism. How we respond to these challenges today will determine the future of American democracy.
Author : James W. Vice
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 10,87 MB
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004495169
The Reopening of the American Mind: On Skepticism and Constitutionalism explores the connection of moderate skepticism with attachment to constitutionalism through the thought of five writers. The features of this skepticism were concisely delineated by James Madison in the 37th Federalist as a recognition of the complexity of political matters, the limitations of human reason, and the shortcomings of language. The position was first articulated by Cicero who connected it with the idea of a mixed or republican constitution developed by trial and error over generations. Cicero was influential in the world of David Hume, Edmund Burke, and Madison. The skeptical/constitutional connection found its most articulate recent advocate in Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and underlay his advocacy of judicial restraint. Current events have revived interest in the primacy of the legislative branch in balancing interests and rights, in the States as laboratories for democracy, and in an experimental approach to the solution of social problems in what might be called a reopening of the American mind. The five central chapters explore the skeptical/constitutional connection and the spirit of moderation in these political thinkers. Without an appreciation of this tradition of avoiding dogmatism, people will continue to demand simple answers to complex problems. The book is not, however, primarily a tract for the times but a reflection on the on-going search for a more civil world.
Author : Martin van Gelderen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780521672351
These volumes offer the first comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage. Professors Skinner and van Gelderen have assembled an internationally distinguished set of contributors whose studies highlight the richness and diversity of European republican traditions. Volume I looks at anti-monarchism in Europe, humanist theories of citizenship and the constitutional nature of the republic. Volume II is devoted to the study of key republican values --liberty, virtue, politeness and toleration. It also addresses the role of women and relationship between republicanism and the rise of a commercial society. -- Amazon.com.
Author : Martin van Gelderen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,3 MB
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521672344
These volumes are the fruits of a major European Science Foundation project and offer the first comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage. Whilst previous research has mainly focused on Atlantic traditions of republicanism, Professors Skinner and van Gelderen have assembled an internationally distinguished set of contributors whose studies highlight the richness and diversity of European traditions. Volume I focuses on the importance of anti-monarchism in Europe and analyses the relationship between citizenship and civic humanism, concluding with studies of the relationship between constitutionalism and republicanism in the period between 1500 and 1800. Volume II is devoted to the study of key republican values such as liberty, virtue, politeness and toleration. This 2002 volume also addresses the role of women in European republican traditions, and contains a number of in-depth studies of the relationship between republicanism and the rise of a commercial society in early modern Europe.
Author : Matthew Leigh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198150671
The Pharsalia, Lucan's epic on the civil wars between Caesar and Pompey, is a document of fundamental importance for students of the history and literature of Rome in the early imperial period. For historians concerned with the defence of Republican traditions under the emperors as much as for literary critics mapping the transformation of epic in the wake of Vergil, it is impossible to ignore this poem.