Order and might / / Nathan Rotenstreich

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963008003321
• Autore: Rotenstreich Nathan <1914-1993.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1988
• ISBN: 9781438418094; 1438418094
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Collana: SUNY series in philosophy
• Disciplina: 303.3/3
• Soggetti: Power (Social sciences); State, The; Human rights; Political obligation
• 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 and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- Author's Note -- Contents -- The Domain -- Modes and Forms -- The State and Order -- Manifestations of Power -- Action -- Of Politics -- Politics and History -- Politics and Morality -- Principles -- Of Justice -- Of Freedom -- Of Equality -- Of Rights and Duties -- Presuppositions and Some Consequences -- Back Matter -- Index of Proper Names -- Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a systematic philosophy of politics and the state. As few contemporary books do, Order and Might provides a general theory, exploring the structure of socio-political experience. It not only addresses such issues as the nature of freedom, justice, sovereignty, and the relation between rights and obligations, but also defines the systematic connections between them.Rotenstreich relates political theory to history and morality, and develops the theory through careful formulations of all of the traditional categories. Without expounding the great political theorists, this book is a continued conversation with them -Plato and Aristotle, Machiavelli and Hobbes, Hegel and Marx, Weber, Berlin, and Rawls.