Rise and fall of rational control, the: the history of modern political philosophy
Auteur :
Mansfield, Harvey Claflin
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674298859
Date de publication :
20 janv. 2026
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Harvey C. Mansfield traces the birth of modern political philosophy to Machiavelli’s brief on behalf of rational control of human affairs, which became the basis of liberalism. But Rousseau, Kant, Marx, and Hegel all issued challenges, and finally Nietzsche doubted reason entirely. Mansfield asks how we can extract ourselves from Nietzsche’s trap.