Faith, Reason, and Political Life Today

• Hardcover | Engels | Applications of Political Theory
• This rich and varied collection of essays addresses some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religio... Lees meer

The Deconstitutionalization of America

Roger M Barrus, John H Eastby, Joseph H Lane

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• In The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule, Roger M. Barrus and his coauthors embark on a discussion of Ame... Lees meer

Democracy at the Crossroads

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• In Democracy at the Crossroads , the editors argue that there have been too few scholarly attempts to provide a comprehensive critique of the assumpti... Lees meer

Civil Peace and the Quest for Truth

Murray Dry

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• Dry examines the U.S. Supreme Court's treatment of the First Amendment freedoms of religion and speech against the founding of the American Constituti... Lees meer

Uncivil Society

Richard Boyd

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• Civil society is one of the most hotly debated topics in contemporary political theory. These debates often assume that a vibrant associational life b... Lees meer

Liberalism under Siege

Aurelian Craiutu

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• Liberalism Under Siege: The Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires is a compelling examination of the French Doctrinaires, a largely neglected g... Lees meer

The Moral of the Story

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• The contributors to The Moral of the Story, all preeminent political theorists, are unified by their concern with the instructive power of great liter... Lees meer

Early Modern Skepticism and the Origins of Toleration

Alan Levine

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• This collection of original essays by the nation's leading political theorists examines the origins of modernity and considers the question of toleran... Lees meer

Breaking with Athens

Christopher A Colmo

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• This unique interpretation of Alfarabi's thought stresses the ways in which the tenth-century Arab philosopher self-consciously broke the metaphysical... Lees meer

The Liberal Tradition in Focus

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• The Liberal Tradition in Focus is a collection of essays by prominent scholars in their fields on the nature of liberalism at the close of the twentie... Lees meer

Deadly Thought

Jan H Blits

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• The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, ... Lees meer

Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages

Ernest L Fortin

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• Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages offers scholars of Dante's Divine Comedy an integral understanding of the political, philosophical, and reli... Lees meer

The Problem of Natural Law

Douglas Kries

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• The Problem of Natural Law examines the understanding of conscience offered by Thomas Aquinas, who provided the classic statement of natural law. The ... Lees meer

The Deconstitutionalization of America

Roger M Barrus, John H Eastby, Joseph H Lane

• Hardcover | Engels | Applications of Political Theory
• In The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule , Roger M. Barrus and his coauthors embark on a discussion of Am... Lees meer

Breaking with Athens

Christopher A Colmo

• Hardcover | Engels | Applications of Political Theory
• This unique interpretation of Alfarabi's thought stresses the ways in which the tenth-century Arab philosopher self-consciously broke the metaphysical... Lees meer

Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions

Kenneth M de Luca

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• In Aristophanes' Male and Female Revolutions author Kenneth M. De Luca offers a detailed study of two of Aristophanes' plays and reveals how each illu... Lees meer

Machiavelli's Romans

Patrick J. Coby

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• A study of the Machiavellian classic "Discourses on Livy". Patrick Coby argues that scholars have been too quick to dismiss the ancient antecedents of... Lees meer

On Modern Origins

Richard Kennington

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• Richard Kennington (1921-1999), a professor for many years at Pennsylvania State University and the Catholic University of America, was renowned for h... Lees meer

Plato's Cleitophon

• Hardcover | Applications of Political Theory
• The Cleitophon has recently been discovered to be Plato's dialogue introducingThe Republic. In this volume of essays, Editor, Translator, and Author M... Lees meer

On Modern Origins

Richard Kennington

• Paperback | Engels | Applications of Political Theory
• Richard Kennington (1921-1999), a professor for many years at Pennsylvania State University and the Catholic University of America, was renowned for h... Lees meer

History of American Political Thought

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• Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the ... Lees meer

Democracy and Its Friendly Critics

• Hardcover | Engels | Applications of Political Theory
• In this edited collection, Peter Lawler presents a lucid and comprehensive introduction to a diverse set of political issues according to Tocqueville.... Lees meer

Civil Peace and the Quest for Truth

Murray Dry

• Hardcover | Engels | Applications of Political Theory
• Dry examines the U.S. Supreme Court's treatment of the First Amendment freedoms of religion and speech against the founding of the American Constituti... Lees meer

Behemoth Teaches Leviathan

Geoffrey M Vaughan

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• Did Hobbes's political philosophy have practical intentions? There exists no "Hobbist" school of thought; no new political order was inspired by Hobbe... Lees meer