Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times (eBook)

Ethan Alexander-Davey, Richard Avramenko (Herausgeber)

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2018
350 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498553278 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume explores the place of aristocratic virtues and values in the modern democratic world. Essays examine aristocratic priorities and interpretations of historic and contemporary aristocratic assemblies as well as critiques of liberal or bourgeois virtues, democratic equality, and democratic institutions.

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Great statesmen and gentlemen, men of honor and rank, seem to be phenomena of a bygone Aristocratic era. Aristocracies, which emphasize rank, and value difference, quality, beauty, rootedness, continuity, stand in direct contrast to democracies, which value equality, autonomy, novelty, standardization, quantity, utility and mobility. Is there any place for aristocratic values and virtues in the modern democratic social and political order? This volume consists of essays by political theorists, historians, and literary theorists that explore this question in the works of aristocratic thinkers, both ancient and modern. The volume includes analyses of aristocratic virtues, interpretations of aristocratic assemblies and constitutions, both historic and contemporary, as well as critiques of liberal virtues and institutions. Essays on Tacitus, Hobbes, Burke, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, as well as some lesser known figures, such as Henri de Boulainvilliers, John Randolph of Roanoke, Louis de Bonald, Konstantin Leontiev, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Richard Weaver, and the Eighth Duke of Northumberland, explore ways of preserving and adapting the salutary aspects of the aristocratic ethos to the needs of modern liberal societies.

Autor

Richard Avramenko is associate professor of political science and the chairman of the Integrated Liberal Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.Ethan Alexander-Davey is assistant professor of political science at Campbell University.

Inhalt

Introduction: Visions of Aristocracy, by Ethan Alexander-DaveyPart I: Continental Visions of AristocracyChapter 1: Selfless Surrender: Tacitus on the Aristocracy of the Roman Principate, by Andrew FearChapter 2: Furnishing War on Noble Credit: French Nobles, Commerce, and the Political Economy of Crédit, by Brian SandbergChapter 3: Enlightened Reactionary: Henri de Boulainvilliers and the Eighteenth-Century French Nobility, by Jay SmithChapter 4: “L’amour est le principe de pouvoir”: Postmodern Society and Louis de Bonald, by Jerry SalyerChapter 5: Aristocracy and the Καλλίπολις: Konstantin Leontiev and the Politics of “Flourishing Complexity”, by Ethan Alexander-DaveyChapter 6: Nietzsche on Aristocracy and the Meaning of Life, by Jeffrey ChurchChapter 7: Noble Man and Self-Reflection in Ortega y Gasset’s The Revolt of the Masses, by Pedro Blas GonzalesPart II: British Visions of AristocracyChapter 8: Thomas Hobbes on the Aristocracy of Passion, by Geoffrey M. VaughanChapter 9: Edmund Burke’s Peerage, by Ian CroweChapter 10: Traditionalist Seer: The Aristocratic Philosophy of the Eighth Duke of Northumberland (1880­1930), by Jonathan M. WalesPart III: Aristocracy in AmericaChapter 11: ‘I am an Aristocrat; I Love Liberty, I Hate Equality:’ John Randolph of Roanoke and the Defense of the Aristocracy of Virginia”, by John F. Devanny, Jr.Chapter 12: “Looking Down Tocqueville’s Nose: On the Problem of Aristocratic Etiquette in Democratic Times”, by Richard Avramenko and Noah StenglChapter 13: Richard M: Weaver on Chivalry and Aristocracy in the American South: Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times, by John J. Langdale

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.5.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Political Theory for Today
• Co-Autor: Jeffrey Church, Noah Stengl, Geoffrey M. Vaughan, Jonathan M. Wales, Ian Crowe, John F. Devanny, Andrew Fear, Pedro Blas Gonzales, Jay Langdale, Jerry Salyer, Brian Sandberg, Jay Smith
• Zusatzinfo: 2 Illustrations including: - 2 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: aristocracy • aristocratic virtues • bourgeois virtues • Democracy • democratic institutions • Hierarchy • liberal virtues • social stability • Tradition
• ISBN-13: 9781498553278 / 9781498553278