Civic republicanism / / Iseult Honohan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910170988703321
• Autore: Honohan Iseult <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-61610-4; 1-134-61611-2; 0-415-21211-1; 1-280-31759-0; 0-585-45725-5
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 328 p
• Collana: The problems of philosophy
• Classificazione: 08.45
• Disciplina: 320.011
• Soggetti: Common good; Public interest; Republicanism; Liberty
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-318) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter Introduction -- part PART I The Historical Evolution of Republican Thought -- chapter I The Primacy of Virtue -- chapter II Freedom in Classical Republicanism: Machiavelli / Machiavelli and Harrington -- chapter III Participation and Inclusion in the Extensive Republic -- chapter IV Roots of the Republican Revival -- part PART II Contemporary Debates -- chapter V Common goods and public virtue -- chapter VI Freedom: Non-domination and Republican Political Autonomy -- chapter VII Participation and Deliberation -- chapter VIII Recognition and Inclusion in a Pluralist World.
• Sommario/riassunto: Civic Republicanism is a valuable critical introduction to one of the most important topics in political philosophy. In this book, Iseult Honohan presents an authoritative and accessible account of civic republicanism, its origins and its problems. The book examines all the central themes of this political theory. In the first part of the book, Honohan explores the notion of historical tradition, which is a defining aspect of civic republicanism, its value and whether a continued ; tradition is sustainable. She also discusses the central concepts of republicanism, how they have evolved, in what circumstances civic republicanism can be applied and its patterns of re-emergence. In the second part of the book, contemporary interpretation of republican political theory is explored and question of civic virtue and participation are raised. What is the nature of the common good? What does it mean to put public before private interests and what does freedom mean in a republican state? Honohan explores these as well as other questions about the sustainability of republican thought in the kind of diverse societies we live in today. Civic Republicanism will be essential reading for students of politics and philosophy.