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The primacy of persons in politics : empiricism and political philosophy / edited by John von Heyking and Thomas W. Heilke.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences).
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Taking as their departure point the political-philosophical analyses of German scholar Tilo Schabert, the philosophical and empirical essays in this volume invite the reader to move beyond the sterile dichotomy of political activity as either pure will or as folded into a more manageable activity.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One. Persons in Politics: Empiricism and Political Philosophy""; ""1. The True Form of Governments: The Constitutional Movements of Power""; ""Part Two. Persons, Creativity, and Modern Politics""; ""2. Modern Boredom, the Human Element, and Creative Politics""; ""3. A Political Ontology of Persons""; ""Part Three. Dimensions of Persons in Politics""; ""4. Friendship as Precondition and Consequence of Creativity in Politics""; ""5. Can Politics Be Creative? Theory and Empirical Evidence""; ""6. On Schabert�s “Creative Person in Politics�""
- ""Part Four. Case Studies of Persons in Politics""""7. Breaking Routine and Adjusting Anew: Elections, Persons, Local Politics""; ""8. Between Wisdom and Knowledge: The Politics of Creativity in a Post-Communist World""; ""Part Five. The Methodology of Persons in Politics""; ""9. The Primacy of Persons? Why Not? But a Disenchanted One: A French Sociologist Visits Schabertpolis""; ""Selected Bibliography of the Works of Tilo Schabert on Personsin Politics""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2124-2
- OCLC:
- 861793542
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