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UNINA9910786035703321 |
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Autore |
Fumurescu Alin <1967-> |
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Titolo |
Compromise : a political and philosophical history / / Alin Fumurescu, Tulane University [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-139-61098-8 |
1-107-23729-7 |
1-139-60920-3 |
1-139-61284-0 |
1-139-62214-5 |
1-283-98671-X |
1-139-62586-1 |
1-139-33368-2 |
1-139-61656-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science - Philosophy |
Compromise (Ethics) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : 'in politics we have an art ... ' -- No compromise about compromise -- The genealogy of compromise and its vagaries -- The dialectic of the individual -- Compromise and centripetal individualism -- Compromise and centrifugal individualism -- The forgotten road of representation : continental contractarian theories -- The British contract as com-promise -- Conclusions : compromising the art of compromise : the one-dimensional man. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book offers for the first time a conceptual history of compromise. Alin Fumurescu combines contextual historical analysis of daily parlance and a survey of the usage of the word from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth century in both French and English with an analysis of canonical texts in the history of political thought. This book fills a significant gap in the literature about |
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