The City of Man - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Pierre Manent, Marc A. Lepain (Translator), Jean Bethke Elshtain (Foreword by)Series:New French ThoughtPublish date:2000-05-07Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691050256ISBN-10:691050252UPC:9780691050256Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Civilization, PoliticalSize:9.26 x 6.16 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCFSCQ434X
The "City of God" or the "City of Man"? This is the choice St. Augustine offered 1500 years ago--and according to Pierre Manent the modern West has decisively and irreversibly chosen the latter. In this subtle and wide-ranging book on the Western intellectual and political condition, Manent argues that the West has rejected the laws of God and of nature in a quest for human autonomy. But in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691050256ISBN-10:691050252UPC:9780691050256Book Category:Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Civilization, PoliticalSize:9.26 x 6.16 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCFSCQ434X
Pierre Manent is Directeur d'?tudes at l'Ecole des hautes ?tudes en sciences sociales in Paris. He was formerly an assistant to Raymond Aron at the College de France and managing editor of Commentaire.
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