Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic

Pierre Manent

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

Metamorphoses of the City

On the Western Dynamic

Pierre Manent

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726437

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Metamorphoses of the City is a sweeping interpretation of Europe's ambition to generate ever better forms of collective self-government, from ancient city-states and empires to a universal church and the nation-state. But the nation-state is nearing the end of its line, Pierre Manent says, and what will supplant it remains to be seen.

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Manent Pierre :

Pierre Manent is Director of Studies at L'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

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Mark Lilla, Columbia University:
The culmination of thirty years of reflection on modern politics, Metamorphoses of the City is Pierre Manent's Summa. By tracing the transformation of Western political form from the Greek city-state to the nation state, then to our increasingly post-national world, he raises profound questions about the future of self-government. A beautifully conceived and deeply unsettling book.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
INTRODUCTION: The Dynamic of the West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. THE ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
II. THE ENIGMA OF ROME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
III. EMPIRE, CHURCH, NATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: General/trade;
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- Main content: 384

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Published: September 23, 2013
ISBN: 9780674726437