Presence of the Past - Essays on the State and the Constitution

"In this book, our foremost theorist of the political moves beyond his classical work to a critique of the state...For Wolin, the past must live through a memory of past injustices and the experience of political action. He quotes Richard Hooker to the effect that five hundred years of acts are ours. In defending the value of political experience, Wolin stays true to his distinctive ground."--'American Political Science Review.' "The enlightenment so generously supplied by Wolin reveals a grim view of the American Republic in the wake of its Bicentennial celebrations...Clearly this is a very important book, and I recommend it most highly."--'Journal of Politics'

About the author

Sheldon Wolin has been professor of politics at Princeton University and at the University of California, Berkeley. He also served as Eastman Professor at the University of Oxford. Among his books is the classic Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought.

Product details

• Authors: Sheldon Wolin, Sheldon S. Wolin
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.1990
• EAN: 9780801841163
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-4116-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: The Johns Hopkins Constitution
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education