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Politics and human nature /
"Human nature is political, and this volume explains why and how. It is of interest to students of political thought and behaviour, as well as those studying the history of ideas and political philosophy. The subjects discussed in this book include the conceptions of human nature at the heart o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Bloomsbury academic collections. History and politics in the 20th century : multidisciplinary approaches.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Political theory and human nature; Notes; 2 Marx and human nature; Human nature and political theory; Perspectives on Marx; A Marxian theory of human nature; Human nature in capitalism; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Mill and human nature; Self-culture, Free Will and Liberty; Laws of the mind and the science of ethology; Instincts; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Conservatism and human nature; The universality of human nature; The family and acculturation; Conservatism and continuity; Conclusion; Notes
- 5 Utopianism and human natureOwen and the malleability thesis; Godwin and the science of mind; Skinner and behavioural engineering; Conclusions; Notes; 6 Critical Theory and human nature; Horkheimer and the material world; Adorno and the individual; Marcuse and liberation; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Psychoanalysis and human nature; Some comments on psychoanalytic thought; The status of psychoanalysis; Psychoanalysis and political attitudes; Improvability and the unconscious; Notes; 8 Feminism and human nature; The fallacy of 'naturalism'; Differences within feminist thought; Social explanations
- ConclusionNotes; 9 Work and human nature; The importance of work; The meaning of work; The value of work; The instrumental view of work; Marx: from the instrumental to the expressive view of work; The expressive view of work; Notes; 10 Bureaucracy and human nature; Max Weber: bureaucracy, rationality and human nature; Woodrow Wilson and the nature of executive power; Perspectives on civil service reform in the United States; The Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Act; Conclusion; Notes; 11 War and human nature; Realism, individuals and war; The state and war; The international system and war
- ConclusionNotes; 12 Conclusion; List of contributors; Index