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Great Books, Bad Arguments - Republic, Leviathan, and the Communist Manifesto

English · Hardback

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Zusatztext "This book . . . is . . . an important contribution. It is also well written and well-produced, and I commend it to those with any interest in sociology, political theory, or political philosophy." ---John Preston, European Legacy Informationen zum Autor W. G. Runciman is a fellow of Trinity College! University of Cambridge. His books include The Social Animal and The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection . Klappentext "Why have Plato's "Republic!" Hobbes's "Leviathan!" and Marx's "Communist Manifesto" retained their enduring appeal! despite their often wildly implausible assumptions about human motivation and political action? No one is more qualified to answer this question than Britain's most eminent sociologist cum philosopher and historian! Garry Runciman. "Great Books! Bad Arguments" is not only lucid! but like the best detective fiction! keeps the reader guessing until the very end."--Gareth Stedman Jones! King's College! University of Cambridge"Spirited and provocative."--Ian Shapiro! Yale University Zusammenfassung Plato's "Republic", Hobbes' "Leviathan", and Marx's "Communist Manifesto" are universally acknowledged classics of Western political thought. But how strong are the core arguments on which they base their visions of the good society that they want to bring into being? This book shows where and why they fail.

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Authors W. G. Runciman, Walter Garrison Runciman, Runciman W. G.
Publisher Princeton University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 21.02.2010
 
EAN 9780691144764
ISBN 978-0-691-14476-4
No. of pages 144
Dimensions 135 mm x 209 mm x 15 mm
Series Princeton University Press
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book

Sociology, History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy

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