(2 B�e) Human Nature and History. A Study of the Development of Liberal Political Thought.

Gute Exemplare; Umschl� am R�cken gebr�t. - 2 B�DE. - Introduction: Tradition and Interpretation -- PART I -- THE TWO TRADITIONS -- History and Politics -- Human Nature and Politics -- Human Nature and History -- PART II -- HISTORICISM -- The History of Modern Classicism -- The Classical History of the State -- The Historical Origin of Historicism -- PART III -- HUMANISM -- Human Nature and the State -- The Statesman and the State -- The Human Mind -- // VOLUME TWO -- PART IV -- INDIVIDUALISM -- The Role of the Individual -- The Individual and the State -- The Individual and His Property -- PART V -- UTILITARIANISM -- The Individual and Society -- Reason and Sentiment -- Morals and Legislation -- PART VI -- LIBERALISM -- Public Opinion -- Light from Other Minds -- Mental History -- Conclusion: Tradition and Transition. // What is the subject matter of political theory and how does it relate to other subject matters, such as that of moral theory? What is the relation between political theory and political practice, between the kind of solution that a theory offers to political problems and the kind of solution that is sought in practice through the operation of political institutions? What is the relation between scientific political theory and practical political arguments? Human Nature and History, a monumental work in two volumes, is an attempt to analyze these relations. It is a work in meta-theory or the theory of political theory. At the most general level, Cumming is concerned with the question of what is involved in the enterprise of political theory or political philosophy and how different conceptions of that enterprise have developed historically. More specifically, he is concerned with the format imposed on the historical development of political thought by Anglo-American liberalism, especially as represented by John Stuart Mill. Since Cumming traces the development of political theory by reference to the relation between its subject matter and other subject matters, his study should be of interest to historians of thought and culture, as well as to political theorists and philosophers. (Klappentext)