| Enlightening Revolutions: Essays in Honor of Ralph Lerner Contributor(s): Minkov, Svetozar (Editor), Douard, Stéphane (Editor), Berns, Laurence (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 073912255X ISBN-13: 9780739122556 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $68.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: The essays collected in this volume make a serious, enlightened contribution to the history of political philosophy. While offering striking new interpretations of crucial texts and events in the history of the West, they illuminate fundamental questions of politics, religion, and philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Essays - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.07" W x 9" (1.37 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Enlightening Revolutions_a collection of outstanding essays by highly prominent scholars_examines the different ways in which the relation between politics and philosophy has been understood and enacted over the ages. The volume sheds light on key theoretical and historical issues: the intriguing position and historical influence of medieval Jewish and Islamic rationalism; the advent of modernity in the thought of Machiavelli and Hobbes; the prospects for greatness in modernity as seen by Adam Smith, Jonathan Swift, the Founding Fathers, and Alexis de Tocqueville; and the prospects for philosophic excellence in modern times as seen by, among others, Montesquieu and Leo Strauss, as well as through the eyes of Plato and the Bible. The volume is dedicated to Ralph Lerner, Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. It honors Lerner's splendid teaching and scholarship over half a century, and testifies in some measure to his enlightening, enlivening, gracefully witty, and humanizing activity and example. |
