Politics and Remembrance: Republican Themes in Machiavelli, Burke, and Tocqueville

This inquiry into the nature of political action concerns what the author describes as the most precarious and uncertain of human endeavors. Focusing on specific themes in Machiavelli, Burke, and Tocqueville, Bruce Smith identifies political action as a distinct mode of human activity.

Originally published in 1985.

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Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Smith, Bruce James
Published: 07/14/2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691611877
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d