Modern Liberty and Its Discontents,9780847690879

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents

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ISBN13: 9780847690879
ISBN10: 0847690873
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-08-06
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

In this book, distinguished French philosopher Pierre Manent addresses a wide range of subjects, including the Machiavellian origins of modernity, Tocqueville's analysis of democracy, the political role of Christianity, the nature of totalitarianism, and the future of the nation-state. As a whole, the book constitutes a meditation on the nature of modern freedom and the permanent discontents which accompany it. Modern Liberty and its Discontents is both an important contribution to an understanding of modern society, and a significant contribution to political philosophy in its own right.

Table of Contents

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents: An Introduction to the Political Reflection of Pierre Manent 1(30)
Daniel J. Mahoney
Part One: Reflections on an Intellectual Itinerary 31(14)
The Truth, Perhaps
33(12)
Part Two: Essays in the History of Political Philosophy 45(34)
Toward the Work and Toward the World: Claude Lefort's Machiavelli
47(18)
Democratic Man, Aristocratic Man, and Man Simply: Some Remarks on an Equivocation in Tocqueville's Thought
65(14)
Part Three: Christianity and Politics 79(38)
Charles Peguy: Between Political Faith and Faith
81(16)
Christianity and Democracy: Some Remarks on the Political History of Religion, or, on the Religious History of Modern Politics
97(20)
Part Four: Understanding Totalitarianism 117(32)
Totalitarianism and the Problem of Political Representation
119(16)
Aurel Kolnai: A Political Philosopher Confronts the Scourge of Our Epoch
135(14)
Part Five: Democratic Individualism 149(18)
On Modern Individualism
151(10)
Recovering Human Attachments: An Introduction to Allan Bloom's Love and Friendship
161(6)
Part Six: Thinking and Acting Politically 167(30)
Raymond Aron and the Analysis of Modern Society
169(4)
De Gaulle as Hero
173(12)
Democracy without Nations?
185(12)
Part Seven: Reflections on Strauss, Nature, and History 197(18)
Strauss and Nietzsche
199(10)
On Historical Causality
209(6)
Part Eight: Liberalism and Conservatism Today 215(16)
Liberalism and Conservatism: The Transatlantic Misunderstanding
217(14)
Index 231(8)
About the Authors 239

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