Metamorphoses of the City
On the Western Dynamic
1st Edition
Published on 14. May 2014
384 pages
978-0-674-72643-7 (ISBN)
Description
Metamorphoses of the City is a sweeping interpretation of Europe's ambition to generate ever better forms of collective self-government, from ancient city-states and empires to a universal church and the nation-state. But the nation-state is nearing the end of its line, Pierre Manent says, and what will supplant it remains to be seen.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-674-72643-7 (9780674726437)
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09/2013
Harvard University Press
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Persons
ManentPierre: Pierre Manent is Director of Studies at L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
ManentPierre: Pierre Manent is Director of Studies at L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
ManentPierre: Pierre Manent is Director of Studies at L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: The Dynamic of the West
- Part I - The Original Experience of the City
- 1 - What Science for the City?
- 2 - The Poetic Birth of the City
- 3 - The Civic Operation
- Part II - The Enigma of Rome
- 4 - Rome and the Greeks
- 5 - Rome as Seen by the Moderns
- 6 - Cicero's Inquiry
- Part III - Empire, Church, Nation
- 7 - The Critique of Paganism
- 8 - The Two Cities
- 9 - The Stakes of Mediation
- Notes
- Index
