Metamorphoses of the City : On the Western Dynamic.
Manent, Pierre.
Metamorphoses of the City : On the Western Dynamic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (385 pages)
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.
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.
9780674726437
Cities and towns-History.
Cities and towns-Political aspects-History.
Municipal government-History.
Civilization, Western.
Electronic books.
HT113
307.7609
Metamorphoses of the City : On the Western Dynamic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (385 pages)
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.
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.
9780674726437
Cities and towns-History.
Cities and towns-Political aspects-History.
Municipal government-History.
Civilization, Western.
Electronic books.
HT113
307.7609