Oakeshott on Rome and America - Couverture souple

Callahan, Gene

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845406672 ISBN 13 : 9781845406677

Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2013

Synopsis

The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, the way of the ancestors, rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of the American Republic looked to ancient Rome as a primary model for their enterprise, nevertheless, in line with the rationalist spirit of their age, the American founders attempted to create a rational set of rules that would guide the conduct of American politics, namely, the US Constitution.These two examples offer a striking case of the ideal types, famously delineated by Michael Oakeshott in Rationalism in Politics and elsewhere, between politics as a practice grounded in tradition and politics as a system based on principles flowing from abstract reasoning.This book explores how the histories of the two republics can help us to understand Oakeshott s claims about rational versus traditional politics. Through examining such issues we may come to understand better not only Oakeshott s critique of rationalism, but also modern constitutional theory, issues in the design of the European Union, and aspects of the revival of republicanism."

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À propos de l?auteur

Gene Callahan holds a PhD in political theory from Cardiff University, and is a Fellow at the university's Collingwood and British Idealism Centre. He teaches economics at SUNY Purchase is the author of Economics for Real People (Ludwig von Mises Institute)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Imprint Academic
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845406672
• ISBN 13: 9781845406677
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 238
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