Understanding the political spirit : philosophical investigations from Socrates to Nietzsche / edited by Catherine H. Zuckert
1988, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #430842
ISBN: 0300038992
Notes; Includes bibliographies and index. Contents; On the role of spiritedness in politics / Catherine H. Zuckert -- Thymos, justice, and moderation of anger in the story of Achilles / Arlene W. Saxonhouse -- Spiritedness and philosophy in Plato's Republic / Mary P. Nichols -- Spiritedness and piety in Aristotle / Ann P. Charney -- Machiavelli and the modern executive / Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. -- Elements of spiritedness in Hobbes: honor, fear, and the rule of law / Timothy Fuller -- Locke on conquest / David Lowenthal -- The spirit of liberty and early American foreign policy / Nathan Tarcov -- Death and desire: war and bourgeosification in the thought of Hegel / Michael Gillespie -- Spiritedness in Thus spoke Zarathustra / Werner Dannhauser. Subjects; Political science Philosophy ; Congresses. Political psychology ; Congresses.
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