| Yves R. Simon: Real Democracy Contributor(s): Kuic, Vukan (Author) |
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ISBN: 084769612X ISBN-13: 9780847696123 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $124.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: This is a long overdue analysis of Yves R. Simon's profound contribution to the theory and practice of democracy. Prominent scholar Vukan Kuic, who has edited several of Simon's posthumous volumes, analyzes Simon's treatment of the functions of government, his theories of democratic liberty and equality, and his concerns about the problems that modern technology presents for democracy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 320.092 |
| LCCN: 99016270 |
| Series: 20th Century Political Thinkers |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.08" W x 9.24" (0.78 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a long overdue analysis of Yves R. Simon's profound contribution to the theory and practice of democracy. One of the twentieth century's major philosophers, Simon defended democracy as a way to human fulfillment, not from modern idealist or pragmatic premises, but on the basis of the classical Aristotelian-Thomistic understanding of politics and its realistic assessment of human nature. Prominent scholar Vukan Kuic, who has edited several of Simon's posthumous volumes, analyzes Simon's treatment of the functions of government, his theories of democratic liberty and equality, and his concerns about the problems that modern technology presents for democracy. This comprehensive examination also provides readers with an outline of Simon's larger philosophical framework which both confirmed democracy as the best regime and redeemed the autonomy of political science. |