On Civic Republicanism

Ancient Lessons for Global Politics
Herausgeber: Kellow, Geoffrey; Leddy, Neven

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Continuing the analysis of contemporary issues through the lens of ancient theories beyond the themes of Enduring Empire and the award-winning On Oligarchy, On Civic Republicanism explores the enduring relevance of the ancient concepts of republicanism and civic virtue to modern questions about political engagement and identity. Examining both ancient and early modern conceptions of civic republicanism, the contributors respond to the work of thinkers ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Machiavelli, Montesquieu, and Wollstonecraft. A testament to the continuing influence of the concept and the ongoing scholarly debate which surrounds it, On Civic Republicanism addresses fundamental questions regarding democratic participation, liberal democracy, and the public good. Its essays speak to the many ways in which the idea of the republic still challenges us today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9781442637498
• ISBN-10: 1442637498
• Artikelnr.: 44033961

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey C. Kellow is an assistant professor in the College of the Humanities at Carleton University. Neven Leddy teaches in the Department of History at Carleton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The Return to Classical Regimes Theory
David Tabachnick and Toivo Koivokoski
Introduction
Geoffrey Kellow
Part 1: The Classical Heritage
Chapter 1: The Problematic Character of Periclean Athens
Timothy Burns
Chapter 2: Aristotle’s Topological Politics; Michael Sandel’s
Civic-Republicanism
David Roochnik
Chapter 3: Living Well and the Promise of Cosmopolitan Identity:
Aristotle’s ergon as a Contingent Foundation for Civic Republicanism Today
Michael Weinman
Chapter 4: Groundwork for a Theory of Republican Character in a Democratic
Age
Wendell John Coats, Jr.
Chapter 5: Ancient, Modern and Post-National Democracy: Deliberation and
Citizenship Between the Political and the Universal
Crystal Cordell Paris
Part 2: The Enlightenment: An Accelerated Reception?
Chapter 6: Machiavelli’s Art of Politics: A Critique of Humanism and the
Lessons of Rome
Jarrett A. Carty
Chapter 7: Transforming “Manliness” into Courage: Two Democratic
Perspectives
Ryan Balot
Chapter 8: Montesquieu on Corruption: Civic Purity in a post-Republican
World
Robert Sparling
Chapter 9: The Fortitude of the Uncertain: Political Courage in David
Hume’s Political Philosophy
Marc Hanvelt
Chapter 10: Sparta, Modernity, Enlightenment
Varad Mehta
Chapter 11: A Master of the Art of Persuasion: Rousseau’s Platonic Teaching
on the Virtuous Legislator
Brent Edwin Cusher
Chapter 12: Civil Religion, Civic Republicanism and Enlightenment in
Rousseau
Lee Ward
Chapter 13: Mary Wollstonecraft and Adam Smith on Gender, History and the
Civic Republican Tradition
Neven Leddy
Chapter 14: Pinocchio and the Puppet of Plato’s Laws
Jeffrey Dirk Wilson
Chapter 15: Unity in Multiplicity: Agency and Aesthetics in German
Republicanism
Douglas Moggach