Reassessing the liberal state : reading Maritain's man and state. American Maritain Association Publications - Fuller, Timothy|Hittinger, John P. (Eds.)
Reading Maritain's Man and the State (American Maritain Association Publications)
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This collection of essays revisits Jacques Maritain's book, Man and the State--the University of Chicago Walgreen lectures of 1949--and critically engages its greatest themes and arguments: the character of the modern state and its relation to the body politic, the state's functions and claims, the basis of authority, the foundation of human rights and natural law, structural pluralism, Church and State relations, national sovereignty, and the prospects for world government. The contributors address whether Maritain has successfully accomplished his project of engaging modernity from the perspective of a 20th century disciple of Thomas Aquinas; whether his reformulations and revisions of the modern state are philosophically sound and prudent; and whether his developments of Aristotle and Aquinas are faithful to the sources. Maritain, drawing upon the philosophy of Aquinas, represents a significant achievement: he provides a viable reassessment of the liberal state, uniting Thomistic and Aristotelian tradition...
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2001Uitgever: Catholic University of America Press260 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0966922638ISBN-13: 9780966922639Koop dit boek tweedehands
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American Maritain Association: Washington D.C., 2001. Paperback 260 pp. Light traces of use on cover. Appendix, contributors, index. 22.8x15.2x2 cm. In very good condition. [Categorie: Filosofie] [Auteur: Fuller, Timothy & John P. Hittinger (editors).] [Pagina's: 260] [Jaar: 2001] [Titel: Reassessing the liberal state: Reading Maritain's man and the State.]
