Manent, Pierre. <br/><br/>
Metamorphoses of the City :  On the Western Dynamic. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (385 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674726437 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cities and towns-History.<br/>Cities and towns-Political aspects-History.<br/>Municipal government-History.<br/>Civilization, Western.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT113 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.7609