| Republics Ancient and Modern, Volume II: New Modes and Orders in Early Modern Political Thought Contributor(s): Rahe, Paul a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807844748 ISBN-13: 9780807844748 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: Where many intellectual historians discern a revival of the classical spirit in the political speculation of the age stretching from Machiavelli to Adam Smith, Rahe brings to light a self-conscious repudiation of the theory and practice of ancient self-government and an inclination to restrict the scope of politics, to place greater reliance on institutions than on virtuous restraint, and to give free rein to the human's capacities as a toolmaking animal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - History |
| Dewey: 321.86 |
| LCCN: 94005728 |
| Lexile Measure: 1740 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.14" W x 9.16" (1.80 lbs) 514 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a work vast in scale, soaring in its scholarly ambition, and magnificent . . . in its achievement. The author's command of the primary sources is staggering in breadth and depth, deftly orchestrated and rich with insight. . . . Deploying an avalanche of evidence. . . Rahe shows how alien the modern project, in all its diverse versions, was to the classics as well as the Bible.--Thomas L. Pangle, Political Theory |
Contributor Bio(s): Rahe, Paul a.: - Paul A. Rahe is professor of history at the University of Tulsa. |