wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought
ISBN: 9780195054613 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this magnificent and encyclopedic overview, James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who struggled to envision and achieve it. The story of democracy remains one without an ending, a dynamic of progress and regress that continues to our own day. In the classical age "democracy" was seen as the failure rather than the ideal of good governance. Democracies were deemed chaotic and bloody, indicative of rule by the rabble rather than by enlightened minds. Beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries, however, first in Europe and then in England's North...
In this magnificent and encyclopedic overview, James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who struggled to e...
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157,00 zł |
Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition
ISBN: 9780691154336 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. In Reading Obama, James T. Kloppenberg reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Obama's commitments to deliberation and experimentation derive from sustained engagement with American democratic thought. In a new preface, Kloppenberg explains why Obama has stuck with his commitment to compromise in the first three years of his presidency, despite the criticism it has provoked.
Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. In Reading Obama, James T. Kloppenberg revea... |
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82,32 zł |
Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought
ISBN: 9780190056711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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127,33 zł |
Uncertain Victory: Social Democracy and Progressivism in European and American Thought, 1870-1920
ISBN: 9780195053043 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Between 1870 and 1920, two generations of European and American intellectuals created a transatlantic community of philosophical and political discourse. Uncertain Victory, the first comparative study of ideas and politics in France, Germany, the U.S., and Great Britain during these fifty years, demonstrates how a number of thinkers from different traditions converged to create the theoretical foundations for new programs of social democracy and progressivism. Kloppenberg studies a wide range of pivotal theorists and activists--including philosophers such as William James, Wilhelm...
Between 1870 and 1920, two generations of European and American intellectuals created a transatlantic community of philosophical and political discour...
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184,17 zł |
The Virtues of Liberalism
ISBN: 9780195121407 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This spirited analysis--and defense--of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse that have informed American democratic culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The Virtues of Liberalism provides a convincing response to critics both right and left. Against conservatives outside the academy who oppose liberalism because they equate it with license, James T. Kloppenberg uncovers ample evidence of American republicans' and liberal democrats' commitments to ethical and religious ideals and their awareness...
This spirited analysis--and defense--of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse ...
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421,46 zł |
Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition
ISBN: 9780691147468 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. In Reading Obama, James T. Kloppenberg reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Obama's commitments to deliberation and experimentation derive from sustained engagement with American democratic thought. Reading Obama traces the origins of his ideas and establishes him as the most penetrating political thinker elected to the presidency in the past century. Kloppenberg demonstrates... Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. In Reading Obama, James T. Kloppenberg revea... |
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109,83 zł |
The Worlds of American Intellectual History
ISBN: 9780190459468 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The essays in this book demonstrate the breadth and vitality of American intellectual history. Their core theme is the diversity of both American intellectual life and of the frameworks that we must use to make sense of that diversity. The Worlds of American Intellectual History has at its heart studies of American thinkers. Yet it follows these thinkers and their ideas as they have crossed national, institutional, and intellectual boundaries. The volume explores ways in which American ideas have circulated in different cultures. It also examines the multiple sites--from social...
The essays in this book demonstrate the breadth and vitality of American intellectual history. Their core theme is the diversity of both American inte...
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685,87 zł |
The Worlds of American Intellectual History
ISBN: 9780190459475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this book demonstrate the breadth and vitality of American intellectual history. Their core theme is the diversity of both American intellectual life and of the frameworks that we must use to make sense of that diversity. The Worlds of American Intellectual History has at its heart studies of American thinkers. Yet it follows these thinkers and their ideas as they have crossed national, institutional, and intellectual boundaries. The volume explores ways in which American ideas have circulated in different cultures. It also examines the multiple sites--from social...
The essays in this book demonstrate the breadth and vitality of American intellectual history. Their core theme is the diversity of both American inte...
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310,70 zł |
A Companion to American Thought
ISBN: 9780631206569 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 824 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume assesses the entire sweep of American thought from the colonial era to the 20th century. Some 250 scholars - from history, literature, religion, philosophy, political theory and the social sciences - have written essays on pivotal topics and figures in the history of American intellectual endeavour and achievement. The book includes concise biographical entries, suggested further reading, extensive cross-references and a complete index.
This volume assesses the entire sweep of American thought from the colonial era to the 20th century. Some 250 scholars - from history, literature, rel...
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268,81 zł |