wyszukanych pozycji: 13
Democratic Faith
ISBN: 9780691163390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility." Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and a powerful critique of this underlying assumption that informs democratic theory. Patrick Deneen argues that among democracy's most ardent supporters there is an oft-expressed belief in the need to "transform" human beings in order to reconcile the sometimes disappointing reality of human self-interest with the democratic ideal of selfless commitment. This "transformative... The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfect... |
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163,80 zł |
Why Liberalism Failed
ISBN: 9780300240023 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "One of the most important political books of 2018."--Rod Dreher, American Conservative
"One of the most important political books of 2018."--Rod Dreher, American Conservative
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70,93 zł |
Dlaczego liberalizm zawiódł?
ISBN: 9788381961288 / Polski / Miękka ze skrzydełka / 2021 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Patrick Deneen ? utalentowany krytyk kultury ? w książce, która stała się ostatnio jedną z najczęściej komentowanych po drugiej stronie Atlantyku, wskazuje na intelektualne i kulturowe tradycje kształtujące naszą codzienność oraz przedstawia klarowną, naukową analizę przyczyn i źródeł obecnego kryzysu zachodniej polityki. Wynik jego pracy, to ? powtarzając za Jacksonem Learsem ? „skuteczne antidotum na świątobliwych lewicowców i prawicowców, pokazujące jak uboga, dwubiegunowa koncepcja wolności spętała nasze życie publiczne, choć miała je uwolnić. Trudno o...
Patrick Deneen ? utalentowany krytyk kultury ? w książce, która stała się ostatnio jedną z najczęściej komentowanych po drugiej stronie Atlant...
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37,05 zł |
Regime Change: Towards a Postliberal Future
ISBN: 9781800753310 / Miękka / 2024 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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66,14 zł |
Democracy and Its Friendly Critics: Tocqueville and Political Life Today
ISBN: 9780739107614 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this edited collection, Peter Lawler presents a lucid and comprehensive introduction to a diverse set of political issues according to Tocqueville. Democracy and Its Friendly Critics addresses a variety of modern political and social concerns, such as the moral dimension of democracy, the theoretical challenges to democracy in our time, the religious dimension of liberty, and the meaning of work in contemporary American Life. Taking innovative and unexpected approaches toward familiar topics, the essays present engaging insights into a democratic society, and the contributors include some...
In this edited collection, Peter Lawler presents a lucid and comprehensive introduction to a diverse set of political issues according to Tocqueville....
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491,40 zł |
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future
ISBN: 9780593086902 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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130,73 zł |
The Odyssey of Political Theory: The Politics of Departure and Return
ISBN: 9780847696239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This path-breaking and eloquent analysis of The Odyssey, and the way it has been interpreted by political philosophers throughout the centuries, has dramatic implications for the current state of political thought. This important book offers readers original insights into The Odyssey and it provides a new understanding of the classic works of Plato, Rousseau, Vico, Horkheimer, and Adorno. Through his analysis Patrick J. Deneen requires readers to rethink the issues that are truly at the heart of our contemporary 'Culture Wars, ' and he encourages us to reassess our assumptions about the...
This path-breaking and eloquent analysis of The Odyssey, and the way it has been interpreted by political philosophers throughout the centuries, has d...
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251,16 zł |
Democracy and Its Friendly Critics: Tocqueville and Political Life Today
ISBN: 9780739107621 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Democracy and Its Friendly Critics addresses a variety of modern political and social concerns, such as the moral dimension of democracy, the theoretical challenges to democracy in our time, the religious dimension of liberty, and the meaning of work in contemporary American life. Taking innovative and unexpected approaches toward familiar topics, the essays present engaging insights into a democratic society, and the contributors include some of today's leading figures in political philosophy.
Democracy and Its Friendly Critics addresses a variety of modern political and social concerns, such as the moral dimension of democracy, the theoreti...
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229,32 zł |
Augustine and the Limits of Politics
ISBN: 9780268006457 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and presents an Augustine who created a complex moral map that offers space for loyalty, love, and care, as well as a chastened form of civic virtue. The result is a controversial book about one of the world's greatest and most complex thinkers whose thought continues to haunt all of Western political philosophy. Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and presents an Augustine who created a complex moral map that offers space for loyalty, love, and care, as well as a...
Jean Bethke Elshtain brings Augustine's thought into the contemporary political arena and presents an Augustine who created a complex moral map that o...
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430,52 zł |
Democracy's Literature : Politics and Fiction in America
ISBN: 9780742532595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. American literature is profoundly, almost inescapably political. America's most thoughtful authors long ago realized that it was through the novel, the novella, and the story that philosophic education of America's citizens would best be undertaken. In this fascinating new anthology of original essays, ten leading scholars explore the ways in which American civic education has been informally advanced through literature. Delving into the works of authors ranging from Mark Twain to William Faulkner to Octavia Butler, these essays reflect on the close relationship between democracy and...
American literature is profoundly, almost inescapably political. America's most thoughtful authors long ago realized that it was through the novel, th...
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262,08 zł |
Democratic Faith
ISBN: 9780691118710 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility." Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and a powerful critique of this underlying assumption that informs democratic theory. Patrick Deneen argues that among democracy's most ardent supporters there is an oft-expressed belief in the need to "transform" human beings in order to reconcile the sometimes disappointing reality of human self-interest with the democratic ideal of selfless commitment. This "transformative... The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfect... |
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393,12 zł |
The Tragedy of the Republic
ISBN: 9781963319835 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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39,04 zł |
Western Civilization and the Academy
ISBN: 9781498517553 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume brings together leading thinkers who offer reflections on the place of Western civilization in the academy, at a time when there is indifference or even antipathy toward the study of the West at most institutions of higher learning. Alternative narratives--including multiculturalism, diversity, and sustainability--have come to the fore in the stead of Western civilization. The present volume is designed to explore the roots, extent, and long-term consequences of this educational climate: How and why did undergraduate education turn its back on what was once an important component...
This volume brings together leading thinkers who offer reflections on the place of Western civilization in the academy, at a time when there is indiff...
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480,48 zł |