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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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"The outstanding essays in this collection address a question that is central in our time, or any time. Can philosophy, the way of life governed by the uncompromising use of reason, defend itself adequately against rivals who claim that it is immoral, irreligious, impossible, or illusory?" - Mark Blitz, Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College, USA
"From the admirers of Leo Strauss to those of Pierre Hadot, students of classical philosophy are today rediscovering the idea of philosophy as a way of life - and 'ways of life' as a philosophical question. But as this stimulating book shows, those questions have been debated throughout the Western philosophical tradition, down to the modern age. By throwing a light on the centuries' long conversion about alternative ways of life, from pure inquiry to political engagement to religious devotion to serene solitude, the authors lead us to ask: what exactly would it mean to live a philosophical life today? And how would it stand in relation to the other ways of life available in modern democracy? A thought-provoking volume." - Mark Lilla, Professor, Columbia University, USA
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Philosophy Cross-Examined
Book Subtitle: Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life
Editors: Thomas L. Pangle, J. Harvey Lomax
Series Title: Recovering Political Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137299635
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-29962-8Published: 10 April 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45286-6Published: 04 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29963-5Published: 10 April 2013
Series ISSN: 2524-7166
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7174
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 214
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political Science, Political History