The liberal-republican quandary in Israel, Europe and the United States

• Titel: The liberal-republican quandary in Israel, Europe and the United States
• Titelzusatz: early modern thought meets current affairs
• Mitwirkende: Maissen, Thomas [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: ed. by Thomas Maissen ...
• Verlagsort: Boston, MA
• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Jahr: 2012
• Umfang: 1 online resource (300 pages)
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Israel: Society, Culture, and History Ser.
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-1-61811-029-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)Israel / (g)Europa / (g)USA / (s)Politisches Denken / (s)Liberalismus / (s)Republikanismus / (z)Geschichte 1600-2000
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: The liberal-republican quandary in Israel, Europe and the United States. - Boston : Academic studies press, 2012. - 286 S.
• Sach-SW: Political science ; History
• Sach-SW: Political science ; Philosophy
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 1696346401

Abstract

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introductory Remarks -- Republics, Revelations and Liberalisms: A Selective History of Early Modern Political Thought -- Political Hebraism, Past and Present -- The Polis in Seventeenth-Century Political Discourse: Athens Mirrored by Francis Rous, Marchamont Nedham, George Guillet de Saint-George and Jonathan Swift -- Were the Republics Able to Handle the Challenge? Commerce as a Driving Force Behind Changing Role Models in Eighteenth-Century Political Discourse -- Beyond the Republican Synthesis: Biblical Republicanism and the American Revolution -- Toleration, Liberty, and Rights: or, What Hobbes Knew, Others Feared, and Hohfeld Figured Out -- Old and New Justifications for War: Just Wars and Humanitarian Interventions -- Justice Over Charity: Some Dangers in Faith-Based Poverty Initiatives -- Has the Wheel Come Full Circle? Civic Service Debates in Israel -- Universal Jurisdiction, Really Serious Crimes, and the Liberal-Republican Debate -- Republican and Liberal Values in Coping With the Memory of World War II: The Swiss Holocaust Assets in a Transnational Perspective -- Europe and Israel Today: Can Their Incompatible "Never Again(s)" Be Reconciled? -- Index.