Modern democracy and the theological-political problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson / Lee War...
Modern democracy and the theological-political problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson / Lee War...
Modern democracy and the theological-political problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson / Lee Ward.
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New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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G 2015/841
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English
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xii, 228 pages ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
A Pre-history of Democracy -- 1. Spinoza and Democracy as the Best Regime -- 2. Rousseau and Democratic Civil Religion -- 3. Thomas Jefferson: Bringing Democracy Down from the Heavens.
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New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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First edition.
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New York (State)
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2014.
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"This study examines the three political philosophers that arguably laid the intellectual foundations for contemporary life in the liberal democratic west: Benedict Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson. These revolutionary thinkers redefined the relation of religion and politics and set modern history on a path of democratic developm...
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Modern democracy and the theological-political problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson / Lee Ward.
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Recovering political philosophy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/841
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74VKOQPb87Nb
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1137475048 hardback
9781137475046 hardback
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321.8
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991022597719702626
