02535nam 2200601 450 991080623440332120230124190851.00-7391-3570-8(CKB)2670000000389916(EBL)1207419(OCoLC)850168402(SSID)ssj0000918378(PQKBManifestationID)12395607(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918378(PQKBWorkID)10895239(PQKB)10886712(MiAaPQ)EBC1207419(Au-PeEL)EBL1207419(CaPaEBR)ebr10842075(CaONFJC)MIL577892(EXLCZ)99267000000038991620090702h20092009 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMatter and form from natural science to political philosophy /Ann WardLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2009]©20091 online resource (415 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-3568-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.part I. Ancient science, natural teleology, and the order of politics -- part II. Heavenly perfection and psychic harmony -- part III. Skepticism, mechanism, and the new politics -- part IV. The scientific roots of liberalism and contemporary "biopolitics".Matter and Form explores the relationship between natural science and political philosophy from the classical to contemporary eras, taking an interdisciplinary approach to the philosophic understanding of the structure and process of the natural world and its impact on the history of political philosophy. It illuminates the importance of philosophic reflection on material nature to moral and political theorizing, mediating between the sciences and humanities and making a contribution to ending the isolation between them.Political sciencePhilosophyNatural historyPhilosophyPhilosophy of natureNature and civilizationPolitical sciencePhilosophy.Natural historyPhilosophy.Philosophy of nature.Nature and civilization.320.01Ward Ann1970-1639383MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806234403321Matter and form3982324UNINA