The rise and fall of rational control : the history of modern political philosophy /
"Harvey C. Mansfield traces the birth of modern political philosophy to Machiavelli's brief on behalf of rational control of human affairs, which became the basis of liberalism. But Rousseau, Kant, Marx, and Hegel all issued challenges, and finally Nietzsche doubted reason entirely. Mansfi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2026.
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| Summary: | "Harvey C. Mansfield traces the birth of modern political philosophy to Machiavelli's brief on behalf of rational control of human affairs, which became the basis of liberalism. But Rousseau, Kant, Marx, and Hegel all issued challenges, and finally Nietzsche doubted reason entirely. Mansfield asks how we can extract ourselves from Nietzsche's trap."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "This book is based on lectures from the Harvard University course History of Modern Political Philosophy (Government 1061), delivered in alternate years from 1968 to 2022. It is dedicated to those who could not or did not take the course." |
| Physical Description: | xii, 323 pages. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674303836 (electronic bk.) 0674303830 (electronic bk.) |