The rise and fall of rational control : the history of modern political philosophy / Harvey C. Mansfield.
| Author/creator | Mansfield, Harvey C. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xii, 323 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Niccolò Machiavelli -- Thomas Hobbes -- John Locke -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Immanuel Kant -- G. W. F. Hegel -- Karl Marx -- Friedrich Nietzsche -- Envoi -- Books to be read, texts to be used. |
| Abstract | "Harvey C. Mansfield traces the birth of modern political philosophy to Machiavelli's brief on behalf of rational control of human affairs, which became the basis of liberalism. But Rousseau, Kant, Marx, and Hegel all issued challenges, and finally Nietzsche doubted reason entirely. Mansfield asks how we can extract ourselves from Nietzsche's trap."-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "This book is based on lectures from the Harvard University course History of Modern Political Philosophy (Government 1061), delivered in alternate years from 1968 to 2022. It is dedicated to those who could not or did not take the course." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Mansfield, Harvey C., Jr., 1932- Rise and fall of rational control Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2026 9780674303829 |
| LCCN | 2025032456 |
| ISBN | 9780674298859 |
| ISBN | 0674298853 (hardback) |
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| ISBN | (pdf) |
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