Modern Democracy and the Theological Political Problem in Spinoza, - Rousseau, and Jefferso

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Lee Ward is Alpha Sigma Nu, Associate Professor of Political Science at Campion College at the University of Regina, USA. He is the author of The Politics of Liberty in England and Revolutionary America (Cambridge, 2004), John Locke and Modern Life (Cambridge, 2010), and co-editor with Ann Ward of the Ashgate Research Companion to Federalism (Ashgate, 2009) and Natural Right and Political Philosophy (Notre Dame, 2013). Klappentext The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west! considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime! while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo Strauss called the "theologico-political problem." Zusammenfassung The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo Strauss called the "theologico-political problem." Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: A Pre-history of Democracy 1. Spinoza and Democracy as the Best Regime 2. Rousseau and Democratic Civil Religion 3. Thomas Jefferson: Bringing Democracy Down from the Heavens Conclusion References

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Acknowledgements Introduction: A Pre-history of Democracy 1. Spinoza and Democracy as the Best Regime 2. Rousseau and Democratic Civil Religion 3. Thomas Jefferson: Bringing Democracy Down from the Heavens Conclusion References

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• Authors: Bruce King, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo, Ward, L Ward, L. Ward, L. King Ward
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2014
• EAN: 9781349501717
• ISBN: 978-1-349-50171-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Recovering Political Philosophy; Recovering Political Philosoph; Recovering Political Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology of Religion, Democracy, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Palgrave Political Science Collection, Religion and sociology, Social Aspects of Religion