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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464467603321

Titolo

The primacy of persons in politics : empiricism and political philosophy / / edited by John von Heyking and Thomas W. Heilke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Catholic University of America Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-8132-2124-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HeykingJohn von

HeilkeThomas W. <1960->

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Power (Social sciences)

Political science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One. Persons in Politics: Empiricism and Political Philosophy""; ""1. The True Form of Governments: The Constitutional Movements of Power""; ""Part Two. Persons, Creativity, and Modern Politics""; ""2. Modern Boredom, the Human Element, and Creative Politics""; ""3. A Political Ontology of Persons""; ""Part Three. Dimensions of Persons in Politics""; ""4. Friendship as Precondition and Consequence of Creativity in Politics""; ""5. Can Politics Be Creative? Theory and Empirical Evidence""; ""6. On Schabert�s “Creative Person in Politics�""

""Part Four. Case Studies of Persons in Politics""""7. Breaking Routine and Adjusting Anew: Elections, Persons, Local Politics""; ""8. Between Wisdom and Knowledge: The Politics of Creativity in a Post-Communist World""; ""Part Five. The Methodology of Persons in Politics""; ""9. The Primacy of Persons? Why Not? But a Disenchanted One: A French Sociologist Visits Schabertpolis""; ""Selected Bibliography of the Works of Tilo Schabert on Personsin Politics""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""