Classical Rationalism And The Politics Of Europe

Author : Ann Ward
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 152750686X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classical Rationalism and the Politics of Europe written by Ann Ward and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic changes have occurred in Europe in the past quarter century. The fall of communism and the expansion of liberal democracy, together with the desire to project a new “Europa” that is united, peaceful and prosperous into the future, illustrate that political philosophy is what grounds European political discourse and identity. Thus, an understanding of Europe’s political past and potential future directs us to the question: What is political philosophy? An exploration of the question of political philosophy points us back to Socrates, widely regarded as the first political philosopher, or the first philosopher to make human beings central to philosophic inquiry. Scholars such as Thomas Pangle suggest that a revival of the study of Socratic political philosophy will revive serious consideration of the questions of justice or how one ought to live, and demonstrate that classical rationalism is the essential dialectical partner and interrogator of the political theology of Scripture/scripture(s). Classical rationalism in this context is understood as a necessary alternative to modern liberalism, inadequate to the task of taking questions of justice seriously as it insists on regarding all religious claims and understandings of virtue as private preferences rather than definitive of the public sphere, and contemporary postmodernism, which has abandoned rationalism altogether by rejecting any truth claims not understood as relative. This volume explores Socratic rationalism, the major alternatives to it in the history of political philosophy, the potential impact of returning to it in contemporary times, and related themes. It takes a multifaceted approach with contributions from scholars in the fields of philosophy and political science.

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study describes the period of great changes in European history - the decline in the belief of magic and miracles and emerging of the new way of thinking which has brought the rise of religious persecution, the gradual secularization of politics and the rise of toleration and rationalism. Contents: Rationalism in Europe On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous Magic and Witchcraft On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous The Miracles of the Church Aesthetic, Scientific, and Moral Developments of Rationalism On Persecution The Antecedents of Persecution The Secularisation of Politics The Industrial History of Rationalism

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Panos Koulermos
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 20th Century European Rationalism written by Panos Koulermos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its origins during the period of Enlightenment, Rationalism has evolved over the course of time, responding to changes in creative, intellectual and political thought. In this comprehensive study, the nature of twentieth century Rationalism is given detailed consideration as the progression of the movement is traced from the thirties through to Neo-Rationalism and the present day. The study is organised clearly into sections to facilitate understanding of the movement's developments this century. The work of all architects included in this book is presented in an extensive graphic and visual manner to bring forth the spirit and tradition of the Rationalist ethos. The work of architects no longer alive today has been redrawn with extreme care to illuminate the original concept and meaning of these projects.

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe (Vol.1&2) written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study describes the period of great changes in European history - the decline in the belief of magic and miracles and emerging of the new way of thinking which has brought the rise of religious persecution, the gradual secularization of politics and the rise of toleration and rationalism. Contents: Rationalism in Europe On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous Magic and Witchcraft On the Declining Sense of the Miraculous The Miracles of the Church Aesthetic, Scientific, and Moral Developments of Rationalism On Persecution The Antecedents of Persecution The Secularisation of Politics The Industrial History of Rationalism

Author : Janne Haaland Matlary
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780852440315
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Might Becomes Human Right written by Janne Haaland Matlary and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janne Haaland Mátlary has devoted her life to questions of ethics and politics.This preoccupation has become extraordinarily relevant to many of the issues that dominate the contemporary political agenda; particularly in Europe where the debate over relativism, human rights and majority tyranny has become a vital concern to very many of its citizens. Combining academic research with an active political life as a diplomat serving both her native Norway and the Holy See, Janne Haaland Mátlary is able to offer us profound insights into the importance of human dignity and human rights in current politics. This book is essential reading for all who are concerned with issues of rationality, law, human rights, politics and religious freedom in European democracy today. As an academic, studying political science, her work has concentrated on security and foreign policy. She makes a strong case that foundations for human rights can be found through human reason, specifically, through retrieving and reanimating the classical tradition of rationalism that was once the pride of western civilization . She builds her analysis of politics with far more promising materials than the instrumental rationality and the radically individualistic concept of the person that have prevented the human rights movement thus far from reaching its full potential. Mary Anne Glendon, Harvard University Janne Haaland Matláry is Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science of the University of Oslo, Norway, and Senior Adjunct Researcher in Security Policy at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Foreign Minister) of Norway 1997-2000, representing the Christian Democratic Party in the Bondevik government. Her main academic fields are the European Union and international security policy. She has published very widely and played significant roles in a number of international and consultative bodies. In April 2007 she was awarded Il Premio San Benedetto. Her biographical narrative of conversion to the Catholic Church, Faith Through Reason, is also published by Gracewing.

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016920476
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe; Volume I written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Hans Joas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Values of Europe written by Hans Joas and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the common cultural values and traditions of Europe. This volume combines two possible approaches, examining both specific cultural traditions and specific values. It is suitable for those hoping to understand the common cultural ground in Europe.

Author : Jacob T. Levy
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191026670
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom written by Jacob T. Levy and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intermediate groups— voluntary associations, churches, ethnocultural groups, universities, and more-can both protect threaten individual liberty. The same is true for centralized state action against such groups. This wide-ranging book argues that, both normatively and historically, liberal political thought rests on a deep tension between a rationalist suspicion of intermediate and local group power, and a pluralism favorable toward intermediate group life, and preserving the bulk of its suspicion for the centralizing state. The book studies this tension using tools from the history of political thought, normative political philosophy, law, and social theory. In the process, it retells the history of liberal thought and practice in a way that moves from the birth of intermediacy in the High Middle Ages to the British Pluralists of the twentieth century. In particular it restores centrality to the tradition of ancient constitutionalism and to Montesquieu, arguing that social contract theory's contributions to the development of liberal thought have been mistaken for the whole tradition. It discusses the real threats to freedom posed both by local group life and by state centralization, the ways in which those threats aggravate each other. Though the state and intermediate groups can check and balance each other in ways that protect freedom, they may also aggravate each other's worst tendencies. Likewise, the elements of liberal thought concerned with the threats from each cannot necessarily be combined into a single satisfactory theory of freedom. While the book frequently reconstructs and defends pluralism, it ultimately argues that the tension is irreconcilable and not susceptible of harmonization or synthesis; it must be lived with, not overcome.