9781107057012 - The General Will: The Evolution of a Concept von Edited By James Farr , David Lay Williams (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Includes essays by prominent political theorists and philosophers that trace the evolution of the general will from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Editor(s): Farr, James; Williams, David Lay. Num Pages: 535 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 870. . 2015. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Although it originated in theological debates, the general will ultimately became one of the most celebrated and denigrated concepts emerging from early modern political thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau made it the central element of his political theory, and it took on a life of its own during the French Revolution, before being subjected to generations of embrace or opprobrium. James Farr and David Lay Williams have collected for the first time a set of essays that track the evolving history of the general will from its origins to recent times. The General Will: The Evolution of a Concept discusses the general will's theological, political, formal, and substantive dimensions with a careful eye toward the concept's virtues and limitations as understood by its expositors and critics, among them Arnauld, Pascal, Malebranche, Leibniz, Locke, Spinoza, Montesquieu, Kant, Constant, Tocqueville, Adam Smith and John Rawls.