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100 1 _aManent, Pierre.
245 1 0 _aMetamorphoses of the City :
_bOn the Western Dynamic.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©2013.
300 _a1 online resource (385 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aMetamorphoses 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCities and towns-History.
650 0 _aCities and towns-Political aspects-History.
650 0 _aMunicipal government-History.
650 0 _aCivilization, Western.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aLePain, Marc.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aManent, Pierre
_tMetamorphoses of the City
_dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c2013
_z9780674072947
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3301327
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