Aristocratic Voices - Forgotten Arguments About Virtue, Authority, and Inequality

Much of classical political thought ascribed paramount importance to elite formation: what institutions and traditions would cultivate the best qualities in the ruling class, and curb their exorbitances. This volume consists of essays by political theorists who explore these questions in the works of aristocratic thinkers, both ancient and modern.

Sommario

Chapter 1. Aristocrat as Citizen, Citizen as Aristocrat: Plutarch's Spartan, Rousseau's General Will, and Tocqueville's Americans
Chapter 2. Representation, Consent and the Aristocratic Ethos: Two Late Medieval Theories
Chapter 3. Consent of the Governed, Natural Law, and Religious Toleration in the Pre-Liberal Tradition
Chapter 4. Thomas Elyot and Self-Government - Why the Rulers of Realms Must also Rule Themselves
Part Two: Modern Aristocratic Voices
Chapter 5. Vico and the Aristocratic Origin of Political Order
Chapter 6. Newman's Fearful Gentleman: Discourse Eight of The Idea of a University
Chapter 7. W.H. Riehl's Cure for Modernity: A Defense of National, Regional, and Social Differentiation
Chapter 8. Henry Adams: An Aristocrat Out of Time
Chapter 9. Against the Tarantulas: Nietzsche on Aristocracy
Chapter 10. Irving Babbitt on Democracy and Leadership
Chapter 11. Oswald Spengler, Aristocratic Virtues, Democracy, and the Decline and Death Of The West
Chapter 12. Julius Evola's Aristocratic Critique of Machiavellianism
Chapter 13. Authority, Hierarchy, and the Social Bond in the Aristocratic Mind of Robert Nisbet

Info autore

Richard Avramenko is director of the Arizona State University School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership.
Ethan Alexander-Davey is associate professor of political science at Campbell University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Alexander-Davey Avramenko
• Con la collaborazione di: Ethan Alexander-Davey (Editore), Avramenko Richard (Editore), Ethan Alexander-Davey (Editore), Richard Avramenko (Editore)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666933147
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-314-7
• Pagine: 420
• Serie: Political Theory for Today
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory