Description
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.
Author: Roger Boesche
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 09/15/1995
Pages: 504
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.11w x 1.19d
ISBN13: 9780271014586
ISBN10: 027101458X
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | General
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Philosophy | Political
About the Author
Roger Boesche is Professor of Politics at Occidental College. He is the author of The Strange Liberalism of Alexis de Tocqueville (1987) and editor of Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society (1985).