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The History of Ideas
Equality, Justice and Revolution
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'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' - The Times 'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstract ideas with human charm' - Observer In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics...
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The History of Ideas
What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today?
What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today?
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'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' - The Times
'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstract ideas with human charm' - Observer
In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it.
What can Samuel Butler's ideas teach us about the oddity of how we choose to organise our societies? How did Frederick Douglass not only expose the horrors of slavery, but champion a new approach to abolishing it? Why should we tolerate snobbery, betrayal, and hypocrisy, as Judith Shklar suggested? And what does Friedrich Nietzsche predict for our future?
From Rousseau to Rawls, fascism to feminism, and pleasure to anarchy, this is a mind-bending tour through the history of ideas which will forever change your view of politics today.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800815902
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 July 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Edition: Main
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 34.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 524g
Pages: 320
About the Author
David Runciman is Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge and the former Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies. His previous books for Profile include The Handover, Confronting Leviathan, Where Power Stops and How Democracy Ends. He writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books, created the widely acclaimed weekly podcast Talking Politics and is the current host of Past Present Future.
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