Scientific Statesmanship, Governance and the History of Political Philosophy

Herausgeber: Demetriou, Kyriakos N.; Loizides, Antis

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Produktbeschreibung

Over the centuries, the question of "good" or "effective" governance has undergone several transformations and ramifications to fit within certain social, cultural and historical contexts. What defines political knowledge? What is the measure of expert political leadership? Various interpretations, perspectives, and re-conceptualizations emerge as one moves from Plato to the present. This edited book explores the relationship between political expertise, which is defined as "scientific statesmanship or governance," and political leadership throughout the history of ideas. An outstanding group of experts study and analyze the ideas of significant philosophers, such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Kant, Burke, Comte, and Weber, among others. The contributors aim to interpret these thinkers' approaches to "scientific statesmanship," deepening our understanding of the idea itself and decoding its theoretical complexities. In the face of the ongoing crisis of the traditional party system and the eroding structures within the new cultural-financial and political environment in the era of globalization, tracing the connection between Plato's idealist statesmanship to twentieth-century modernist politics is an important and ever-challenging enterprise; one that promises to interest scholars of the history of western political thought, philosophy, classics and the classical tradition, political science, and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780415729758
• ISBN-10: 0415729750
• Artikelnr.: 41121545

Autorenporträt

Kyriakos N. Demetriou is Professor of the History of Political Thought at the University of Cyprus. His research interests are in the areas of the history of classical reception, nineteenth-century intellectual history, Platonic scholarship, and the history of historiography. Antis Loizides is Visiting Lecturer at the University of Cyprus. His research interests include British utilitarianism, the moral and political thought of John Stuart Mill and James Mill, social contract theories, happiness, justice, and liberty.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: Introduction Kyriakos N. Demetriou And Antis Loizides
1. The Platonic Moment: Political Transpositions Of Power, Reason, And
Ethics John R. Wallach 2. Political Knowledge And Human Excellence In
Aristotelian Political Science Ryan Balot 3. Cicero On Expertise In
Governance Walter Nicgorski 4. Political Wisdom And The City Of God: St.
Augustine Of Hippo Miles Hollingworth 5. Bringing Morality Down To Earth:
Machiavelli's Contribution To Scientific Statesmanship Joseph V. Femia 6.
Hobbes And The Science Of Metaphor Victoria Kahn 7. Montesquieu And The
Paradoxes Of The Art Of Statesmanship Rebecca Kingston 8. Kant And The
Moral Politicians Paul Guyer 9. Adam Ferguson On Human Nature And
Enlightened Governance Alexander Broadie 10. The American Founders' New
Science Of Politics Terence Ball 11. Edmund Burke, The "Science Of Man,"
And Statesmanship Daniel O'neill 12. Scientific Socialism: The Case Of
Robert Owen David Leopold 13. Alexis De Tocqueville On Science,
Statesmanship And Political Philosophy Aristide Tessitore 14. The Rule Of
Sociological Method: Auguste Comte's Positive Politics Before The Système
De Politique Positive Vincent Guillin 15. Science And Partisanship In Max
Weber-A Problematic Distinction Or A Means Of Restraining Professorial
Authority?