Magnanimity and Statesmanship

Herausgeber: Holloway, Carson

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Produktbeschreibung

Magnanimity and Statesmanship, a collection of studies by a number distinguished political scientists, traces the changing understanding of great political leadership through the history of political philosophy. Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Nietzsche, and including trea...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780739117415
• ISBN-10: 0739117416
• Artikelnr.: 23465998

Autorenporträt

Carson Holloway is assistant professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 1. Introduction Part 3 Part I:
Magnanimity in Classical and Christian Political Thought Chapter 4 2.
Aristotle's Magnanimous Man Chapter 5 3. Magnanimity and Statesmanship: The
Ciceronian Difference Chapter 6 4. Thomas Aquinas on Magnanimous and
Prudent Statesmanship Part 7 Part II: Magnanimity and Modernity Chapter 8
5. Hobbes on Magnanimity and Statesmanship: Replacing Virtue with Science
Chapter 9 7. The Magnanimous Overman: On Nietzsche's Transformation of
Aristotle's Greatness of Soul Chapter 9 6. Tocqueville on Greatness and
Justice Part 11 Part III: Magnanimous Statesmen Chapter 12 9. George
Washington's Greatness and Aristotelian Virtue: Enduring Lessons for
Constitutional Democracy Chapter 12 8. Magnanimity and Martyrdom: The Death
and Life of Thomas More Chapter 14 10. Lincoln and Biblical Magnanimity
Chapter 15 The Statesman as Great-Souled Man: Winston Churchill Chapter 16
About the Contributors