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Modern Democracy and the Theological-Political Problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson

L Ward author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:4th Dec '14

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The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo Strauss called the "theologico-political problem."The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo Strauss called the "theologico-political problem."

ISBN: 9781349501717

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228 pages

1st ed. 2014