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General will in political philosophy / Janusz Grygieńć ; translated by Dominika Gajewska.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grygieńć, Janusz.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- General will.
- Legitimacy of governments.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Political and social views.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter, UK : Imprint Academic, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book deals with the role and place of the general will in modern and contemporary political thought. This project is carried out at the crossroads of the history of ideas and political philosophy. It extensively develops historical and philosophical themes, showing modifications to the idea of the general will in the writings of thinkers who sometimes represent very distant epochs. The author tracks down the birth and the development of the idea of the general will in ancient, medieval,...
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; General Will in Political Philosophy; Introduction; Chapter One; 1.1. From St. Paul to Denis Diderot; 1.2. The general will in the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Chapter Two; 2.1. Beyond the abstractions of reason; 2.2. The social sources of identity. Towards contextualism; 2.3. Teleologism, historicism, moral ideal; 2.4. "The duties of citizenship"; Chapter Three; 3.1. Novelty and limitations of the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau; 3.2. The general will as...; 3.3 Further history of the concept of the general will
- Chapter Four4.1 Liberal communitarianism; 4.2. Is idealism liberal-communitarian?; 4.3 The idealist theory of rights; 4.4 What became of the idealist theory of rights; 4.5 Determinants of the liberal communitarianism of the idealists*; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Matter; Also Available
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 27, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-84540-720-2
- 1-84540-721-0
- OCLC:
- 865335162
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