Jacobins and Utopians
The Political Theory of Fundamental Moral Reform
Seiten
2003
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-03257-9 (ISBN)
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-03257-9 (ISBN)
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This work examines the politics of ideal societies and the means necessary to bring them into existence. George Klosko reveals how discussions of fundamental moral reform lead inexorably to questions of political power. Machiavelli classically articulated the claim that unarmed prophets go to the gallows. Themes of revolution play an integral role in Klosko's study - as the figures he explores frequently concerned themselves with the means of becoming armed. Klosko focuses particularly on what he calls, "educational realism" as a means of channelling political power in pursuit of moral reform. If people are to become fit for an ideal society they must be subjected to intensive education, which in turn requires control of the educational environment and, consequently, of society as a whole. Klosko identifies Plato as an educational realist who saw power as necessary to bring about basic changes in human nature. Klosko contends that Plato, contrary to his reputation as a pure utopian, actually provides a searching analysis of the role of political power in fundamental moral reform.
In addition to Plato, "Jacobins and Utopians" canvasses strategies of moral reform proposed by Plutarch's Lycurgus, Socrates, Thomas More, Machiavelli, Robespierre, Saint-Just, Bakunin, Charles Fourier, Marx and Lenin. Klosko analyzes both the advantages of Jacobinism as a political strategy and its inherent flaws.
In addition to Plato, "Jacobins and Utopians" canvasses strategies of moral reform proposed by Plutarch's Lycurgus, Socrates, Thomas More, Machiavelli, Robespierre, Saint-Just, Bakunin, Charles Fourier, Marx and Lenin. Klosko analyzes both the advantages of Jacobinism as a political strategy and its inherent flaws.
George Klosko is Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor of politics at the University of Virginia.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.3.2003 |
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Reihe/Serie | Frank M.Covey, Jr., Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis S. |
Verlagsort | Notre Dame IN |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-268-03257-2 / 0268032572 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-268-03257-9 / 9780268032579 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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