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Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau
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57,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 16.09.2011 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780739167601 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 376 |
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<span><span><span>In an age where scholars, lawyers, judges and just plain folk debate the original intent of the U.S. Constitution, </span><span>Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau</span><span> demonstrates that the issues confronting the founders—as well as issues of understanding what the founders intended—can be traced back to antiquity. Stein looks at 14 historical figures who—by their words and/or deeds—set the stage for political thought before the constitution was written. All the subjects of this book deal as best they can with questions of the relationship between executive and other branches of government; all deal with the role of religion in government; all deal with how much (if any) democracy should be allowed in determining fundamental law and day-to-day governance; all engaged in the thought experiment of asking what life was like before government, and therefore why government was instituted; all deal with the relationship of central authority and provincial (states') rights; all seek to avoid tyranny. </span><span>Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau</span><span> is not about what the founders took from previous thinkers and political figures; it is a book that allows the reader to consider the U.S. Constitution while learning about people whose genius has transcended time, from Plato to Rousseau.</span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau</span><span> looks at 14 historical figures who—by their words and/or deeds—set the stage for political thought before the U.S. Constitution was written. Rather than a book about what the founders took from previous thinkers and political figures, this is a book that allows the reader to consider the U.S. Constitution while learning about people whose genius has transcended time, from Plato to Rousseau.</span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Introduction<br>Chapter I: Plato on the United States Constitution</span></span><br><span><span>Chapter II: Aristotle on the United States Constitution<br>Chapter III: Cicero on the American Constitution<br>Chapter IV: Hebrew Bible (</span><span>Tanakh</span><span>) on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter V: Muhammad on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter VI: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Von Hohenstaufen, Stupor Mundi<br>Chapter VII: Dante Alighieri on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter VIII: Niccolò Machiavelli on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter IX: Sir Thomas More on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter X: Desiderius Erasmus on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter XI: Thomas Hobbes on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter XII: John Locke on the U.S. Constitution<br>Chapter XIII: Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu 1689-1755<br>Chapter XIV: Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778<br>Chapter XV: Conclusion<br>Works Consulted</span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Joshua B. Stein</span><span> is professor of history at Roger Williams University.</span></span><br><span></span></span>
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