Autor(en)

Klosko, George:

Auflage

First edition.

Verlag / Jahr

Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.

Format / Einband

Original brochure. 200 p.

Sprache

Englisch

Gewicht

ca. 338 g

ISBN

0268032580

EAN

9780268032586

Bestell-Nr

1169560

Bemerkungen

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Gaping binding. Otherwise in perfect condition. - Jacobins and Utopians examines the politics of ideal societies and the means necessary to bring them into existence. George Klosko reveals how discussions of fundamental moral reform lead inexorably to questions of political power. Machiavelli classically articulated the claim that unarmed prophets go to the gallows. Themes of revolution play an integral role in Klosko’s study — as the figures he explores frequently concerned themselves with the means of becoming armed. Klosko focuses particularly on what he calls “educational realism” as a means of channeling political power in pursuit of moral reform. If people are to become fit for an ideal society they must be subjected to intensive education, which in turn requires control of the educational environment and, consequently, of society as a whole. Klosko identifies Plato as an educational realist and contends that Plato, contrary to his reputation as a pure utopian, actually provides a searching analysis of the role of political power in fundamental moral reform. In addition to Plato, Jacobins and Utopians canvasses strategies of moral reform proposed by Plutarch’s Lycurgus, Socrates, Thomas More, Machiavelli, Robespierre, Saint-Just, Bakunin, Charles Fourier, Marx, and Lenin. Klosko analyzes both the advantages of Jacobinism as a political strategy and its inherent flaws. Klosko’s theoretical examination of the political and educational implications of fundamental moral reform will engage anyone with an interest in political theory or the history of political thought. ISBN 9780268032586

Unser Preis

EUR 23,00

(inkl. MwSt.)

Versandkostenfrei innerhalb Deutschlands

Aufgenommen mit whBOOK

Sicheres Bestellen - Order-Control geprüft!