1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000511169707536

Autore

Leroy, André Louis

Titolo

Studi su Hume / A. L. Leroy ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : La nuova Italia, 1968

Descrizione fisica

150 p. ; 24 cm.

Collana

Quaderni critici di storia della filosofia

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Hume, David

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959690003321

Autore

Ceaser James W

Titolo

Designing a polity : America's Constitution in theory and practice / / James W. Ceaser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

ISBN

979-82-16-27122-2

1-282-92267-X

9786612922671

1-4422-0792-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Classificazione

86.50

Disciplina

320.973

Soggetti

Constitutional history - United States

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; I; political foundations; 1; The Doctrine of Political



Nonfoundationalism; 2; Political Foundations in Tocqueville's Democracy in America; 3; American Political Foundations in the Thought of Leo Strauss; II; The Founders, Constitutional Design, and the Role of Political Science; 4; Fame and The Federalist: The American Founders and the Recovery of Political Science; 5; Demagoguery, Statesmanship, and Presidential Politics; 6; Doctrines of Presidential-Congressional Relations; III; Modern Conservatism; 7; Four Heads and One Heart: The Modern Conservative Movement; 8

The Social Construction of the Reagan Legacy IV; The American Way of Life; 9; The Theoretical Origins of Anti-Americanism; Notes; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In Designing a Polity, James W. Ceaser, one of our leading scholars of American political development, argues for the continuing central role of the Founding within the study of American government. Drawing on essays published over the past 10 years, extensively updated and revised to reflect current politics, Ceaser engages the Founding Fathers, particularly James Madison, emphasizes Alexis de Tocqueville as a model of political inquiry, critiques current and recent theorists such as Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida, and explores the varieties of contemporary conservative thought. Designing