Pure Theory of Politics

ISBN-13: 9780865972650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 309 str.

Bertrand Jouvenel

Opis

In this concluding volume in the trilogy that begins with On Power and moves on to Sovereignty, Bertrand de Jouvenel proposes to remedy a serious deficiency in political science, namely, the lack of agreement on first principles, or elements. The author's concern is with political processes as they actually exist, not as they are conjectured to be in hypothetical models. As an indication of the originality and imaginativeness that Jouvenel brings to his task, the sections explore: Politics as History; Setting - Ego in Otherdom; Action - Instigation and Response; Authority - 'Potestas' and 'Potentia'; Decisions; and Attitudes. Jouvenel draws richly upon the drama of politics as it is portrayed in the works of Thucydides and Shakespeare.