The Opinion of Mankind
Title | The Opinion of Mankind PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sagar |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2019-06-04 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0691191514 |
How David Hume and Adam Smith forged a new way of thinking about the modern state What is the modern state? Conspicuously undertheorized in recent political theory, this question persistently animated the best minds of the Enlightenment. Recovering David Hume and Adam Smith's long-underappreciated contributions to the history of political thought, The Opinion of Mankind considers how, following Thomas Hobbes's epochal intervention in the mid-seventeenth century, subsequent thinkers grappled with explaining how the state came into being, what it fundamentally might be, and how it could claim rightful authority over those subject to its power. Hobbes has cast a long shadow over Western political thought, particularly regarding the theory of the state. This book shows how Hume and Smith, the two leading lights of the Scottish Enlightenment, forged an alternative way of thinking about the organization of modern politics. They did this in part by going back to the foundations: rejecting Hobbes's vision of human nature and his arguments about our capacity to form stable societies over time. In turn, this was harnessed to a deep reconceptualization of how to think philosophically about politics in a secular world. The result was an emphasis on the "opinion of mankind," the necessary psychological basis of all political organization. Demonstrating how Hume and Smith broke away from Hobbesian state theory, The Opinion of Mankind also suggests ways in which these thinkers might shape how we think about politics today, and in turn how we might construct better political theory.
The Opinions of Mankind
Title | The Opinions of Mankind PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Lentz |
Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2011-02-14 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0826272347 |
During the Cold War, the Soviets were quick to publicize any incident of racial hostility in the United States. Since violence by white Americans against minorities was the perfect foil to America’s claim to be defenders of freedom, news of these occurrences was exploited to full advantage by the Russians. But how did the Soviets gain primary knowledge of race riots in small American towns? Certainly, the Soviets had reporters stationed stateside, in big cities like New York, but research reveals that the majority of their information came directly from U.S. media sources. Throughout this period, the American press provided the foreign media with information about racially charged events in the United States. Such news coverage sometimes put Washington at a disadvantage, making it difficult for government officials to assuage foreign reactions to the injustices occurring on U.S. soil. Yet in other instances, the domestic press helped to promote favorable opinions abroad by articulating themes of racial progress. While still acknowledging racial abuses, these press spokesmen asserted that the situation in America was improving. Such paradoxical messages, both aiding and thwarting the efforts of the U.S. government, are the subject of The Opinions of Mankind: Racial Issues, Press, and Propaganda in the Cold War. The study, by scholars Richard Lentz and Karla K. Gower, describes and analyzes the news discourse regarding U.S. racial issues from 1946 to 1965. The Opinions of Mankindnot only delves into the dissemination of race-related news to foreign outlets but also explores the impact foreign perceptions of domestic racism had on the U.S. government and its handling of foreign relations during the period. What emerges is an original, insightful contribution to Cold War studies. While other books examine race and foreign affairs during this period of American history, The Opinions of Mankind is the first to approach the subject from the standpoint of press coverage and its impact on world public opinion. This exhaustively researched and compellingly written volume will appeal to media scholars, political historians, and general readers alike. By taking a unique approach to the study of this period, The Opinions of Mankind presents the workings behind the battles for public opinion that took place between 1946 and 1965.
The Massacre of Mankind
Title | The Massacre of Mankind PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Baxter |
Publisher | Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1524760129 |
Originally published: London: Gollancz, 2017.
Rights of Man
Title | Rights of Man PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Paine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | France |
ISBN |
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Title | The Theory of Moral Sentiments PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Smith (économiste) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 636 |
Release | 1812 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Home of Mankind
Title | The Home of Mankind PDF eBook |
Author | Hendrik Willem Van Loon |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | Geography |
ISBN |
End of History and the Last Man
Title | End of History and the Last Man PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Fukuyama |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2006-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1416531785 |
Ever since its first publication in 1992, the New York Times bestselling The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. "Profoundly realistic and important...supremely timely and cogent...the first book to fully fathom the depth and range of the changes now sweeping through the world." —The Washington Post Book World Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.