The Public Philosophy
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage, soiling visible. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing likely present given age. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Appears intact but aged. Stickers/Labels: None clearly visible.
A landmark work of political philosophy, The Public Philosophy presents Walter Lippmann's urgent argument for the revival of natural law as the moral foundation of Western democratic society. Written at a time of profound crisis in liberal democracy, the work diagnoses the decline of Western civic culture, arguing that the abandonment of a shared public philosophy has left modern governments paralysed and unable to govern effectively. Lippmann chronicles the erosion of the principles that once underpinned civilised public life, contending that a return to the traditions of natural law and civility is the only path to renewal. Authoritative, intellectually rigorous, and deeply concerned with the fate of democracy, this remains one of the twentieth century's most penetrating critiques of the Western political order.
Author: Walter Lippmann
Format: Hardback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage, soiling visible. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing likely present given age. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Appears intact but aged. Stickers/Labels: None clearly visible.
A landmark work of political philosophy, The Public Philosophy presents Walter Lippmann's urgent argument for the revival of natural law as the moral foundation of Western democratic society. Written at a time of profound crisis in liberal democracy, the work diagnoses the decline of Western civic culture, arguing that the abandonment of a shared public philosophy has left modern governments paralysed and unable to govern effectively. Lippmann chronicles the erosion of the principles that once underpinned civilised public life, contending that a return to the traditions of natural law and civility is the only path to renewal. Authoritative, intellectually rigorous, and deeply concerned with the fate of democracy, this remains one of the twentieth century's most penetrating critiques of the Western political order.