Theories of Tyranny

From Plato to Arendt

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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This book explores a little-noticed tradition in the history of European political thought. From Plato to Aristotle to Tacitus and Machiavelli, and from Tocqueville to Max Weber and Hannah Arendt, political thinkers have examined the tyrannies of their times and have wondered how these tyrannies come about, how they work, and how they might be defeated. In examining this perennial problem of tyranny, Roger Boesche looks at how these thinkers borrowed from the past—thus entering into an established dialogue—to analyze the present. Although obviously tyrannies are not identical over time (Hitler certainly did not rule as Nero), we can learn partial lessons from past thinkers that can help us to better understand twentieth-century tyrannies.

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Utgivningsdatum1995-09-15
Mått152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt862 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor504
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271014586

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ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Plato: The Political Psychology of Tyranny2. Aristotle: Tyranny as Unnatural3. Tacitus: Tyranny as a Politics of Pretense4. Machiavelli: Defeating Princely Tyrannies5. Montesquieu’s Two Theories of Despotism: Fearing Monarchs and Merchants6. Tocqueville: The Pleasures of Servitude7. Marx: Despotism of Class and Workplace8. Freud: The Reproduction of Tyranny9. Weber: The Inevitability of Bureaucratic Domination10. Fromm, Neumann, and Arendt: Three Early Interpretations of Nazi GermanyConclusion: Thinking About TyrannyAfterwordIndex