Sense of Injustice and the Origin of Modern Democracy - Hardcover

Smith, Bruce J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 158046923X ISBN 13: 9781580469234

Verlag: University of Rochester Press, 2018

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In this study of early modern political thought, Bruce Smith traces the origin of modern democracy to Machiavelli. Offering careful readings of Machiavelli's most important political writings, Smith shows that Machiavelli's analysis of the human sentiment of injustice provides the theoretical basis for the participation of ordinary people in political life and rule. Also including chapters on Hobbes and Locke, the book shows how these two modern theorists responded to Machiavelli by contesting and modifying his republican politics to lay the groundwork for the emergence of the democracies of the modern era. Smith sheds new light on not only the influence of Machiavelli but also the character of our democracy, our democratic institutions, and even contemporary populism. Bruce J. Smith is the Arthur E. Braun Professor of Political Science at Allegheny College.

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• Verlag: University of Rochester Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 158046923X
• ISBN 13: 9781580469234
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324
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