Fanaticism : a political philosophical history /
"As the post-WWII liberal democratic consensus comes under assault around the globe, this book investigates a timely topic: the re-emergence of fanaticism. Fanaticism: A Philosophical Political History traces the history of the concept from ancient times to our present moment of extremism run a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2022]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "As the post-WWII liberal democratic consensus comes under assault around the globe, this book investigates a timely topic: the re-emergence of fanaticism. Fanaticism: A Philosophical Political History traces the history of the concept from ancient times to our present moment of extremism run amok, offering a novel account of a term that resists easy definition. Drawing on the work of Immanuel Kant, Edmund Burke, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, Zachary R. Goldsmith explores fanaticism's transformation into a political concept around the time of the French Revolution, and in the process, shows us why fanaticism is antidemocratic, illiberal, anti-political, and never necessary"-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (196 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780812298628 0812298624 |