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The myth of the state/ Ernst Cassirer

By: Cassirer, ErnstMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974Description: xii, 303 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780300000368Subject(s): Mythology | Political science--Philosophy | Political scienceDDC classification: 320

Contents:

pt. 1. What is myth?: The structure of mythical thought -- Myth and language -- Myth and the psychology of emotions -- The function of myth in man's social life -- pt. 2. The struggle against myth in the history of political theory: "Logos" and "mythos" in early Greek philosophy -- Plato's Republic -- The religious and metaphysical background of the medieval theory of the state -- The theory of the legal state in medieval philosophy -- Nature and grace in medieval philosophy -- Machiavelli's new science of politics -- The triumph of Machiavellism and its consequences -- Implications of the new theory of the state -- The Renaissance of stoicism and "natural right" theories of the state -- The philosophy of the Enlightenment and its romantic critics -- pt. 3. The myth of the twentieth century: The preparation: Carlyle -- From hero worship to race worship -- Hegel -- The technique of the modern political myths.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	320 CAS/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P02006

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pt. 1. What is myth?: The structure of mythical thought --
Myth and language --
Myth and the psychology of emotions --
The function of myth in man's social life --
pt. 2. The struggle against myth in the history of political theory: "Logos" and "mythos" in early Greek philosophy --
Plato's Republic --
The religious and metaphysical background of the medieval theory of the state --
The theory of the legal state in medieval philosophy --
Nature and grace in medieval philosophy --
Machiavelli's new science of politics --
The triumph of Machiavellism and its consequences --
Implications of the new theory of the state --
The Renaissance of stoicism and "natural right" theories of the state --
The philosophy of the Enlightenment and its romantic critics --
pt. 3. The myth of the twentieth century: The preparation: Carlyle --
From hero worship to race worship --
Hegel --
The technique of the modern political myths.

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