Minerva's Owl : The Tradition of Western Political Thought / Jeffrey Abramson.
Abramson, Jeffrey, author.
2010
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Title
Minerva's Owl : The Tradition of Western Political Thought / Jeffrey Abramson.
Author
Abramson, Jeffrey, author.
ISBN
9780674053472
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674053472
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (400 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674053472 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.01
Summary
As Hegel famously noted, referring to the Roman goddess Minerva, her owl brought back wisdom only at dusk, when it was too late to shine light on actual politics. Jeffrey Abramson provides a lively and accessible guide for readers discovering the tradition of political thought that dates back to Socrates and Plato, with contemporary examples that illustrate the enduring nature of political dilemmas.
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Introduction: The Canon of Political Thought
1 Plato's Republic: The Debate over Justice Begins
2 The Students Revolt against Utopia
3 Out of the Cave and into the Light-and Back Again?
4 Beyond Plato's Tragic Republic
5 Aristotle's Ethics: The Habits of Virtue
6 Aristotle's Politics: Severed Hands and Political Animals
7 Augustine and the Problem of Evil
8 Machiavelli's Dirty Hands
9 Hobbes and the Kingdom of Means
10 Locke, Liberalism, and the Possessive Life
11 Rousseau and the Rustic
12 Rousseau and the Political
13 Kant's Crooked Timber
14 John Stuart Mill and the Demands of Individuality
15 Hegel, Marx, and the Owl of Minerva
16 The Revival of Political Theory
Conclusion: The Passion for Politics
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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