Scientific statesmanship, governance, and the history of political philosophy / edited by Kyriakos N. Demetriou and Antis Loizides.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dēmētriou, Kyriakos N., editor.

Loizides, Antis, editor.

Series:

Routledge innovations in political theory ; 61.

Routledge innovations in political theory ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy--History.

Political science.

Political science--Philosophy.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 277 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Contents:

The platonic moment : political transpositions of power, reason, and ethics / John R. Wallach

Political knowledge and human excellence in Aristotelian political science / Ryan Balot

Cicero on expertise In governance / Walter Nicgorski

Political wisdom and the city Of God : St. Augustine of Hippo / Miles Hollingworth

Bringing morality down to Earth : Machiavelli's contribution to scientific statesmanship / Joseph V. Femia

Hobbes and the science of metaphor / Victoria Kahn

Montesquieu and the paradoxes of the art of statesmanship / Rebecca Kingston

Kant and the moral politicians / Paul Guyer

Adam Ferguson on human nature and enlightened governance / Alexander Broadie

The American founders' new science of politics / Terence Ball

Edmund Burke, the "science of man," and statesmanship / Daniel O'neill

Scientific socialism : the case of Robert Owen / David Leopold

Alexis de Tocqueville on science, statesmanship and political philosophy / Aristide Tessitore

The rule of sociological method : Auguste Comte's positive politics before the Système de politique positive / Vincent Guillin

Science and partisanship in Max Weber : a problematic distinction or a means of restraining professorial authority? / Peter Breiner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415729758

0415729750

OCLC:

884809311