In Defence of Politics - Rilegato

Crick, Bernard

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0226120643 ISBN 13: 9780226120645

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1972

Riassunto

Crick asserts that politics, with its compromises and power struggles, remains the only tested alternative to government by coercion, making both freedom and order possible in heterogeneous societies. For Crick, politics is necessarily imperfect, messy and complex, yet his book defends it against those who would identify it with (and reduce it to) ideology, nationalism, technology or populist democracy. In this fifth edition, Crick warns us that present-day politicians are in danger of threatening both citizenship and common humanity. He discusses the popular distrust for politicians in both the UK and USA, arguing that they have lowered the level of public debate for short-term gain; and he discusses how suchvshort-termism is preventing timely attempts to tackle despoliation of the global environment.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1972
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0226120643
• ISBN 13: 9780226120645
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile