The primacy of persons in politics : empiricism and political philosophy / edited by John von Heyking and Thomas W. Heilke

Published: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
Copyright Date: ©2013
Physical Description: 1 online resource (329 pages)
Additional Creators: Heyking, John von and Heilke, Thomas W., 1960-

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The true form of governments : the constitutional movements of power / Tilo Schabert -- Modern boredom, the human element, and creative politics / David Tabachnick -- A political ontology of persons / Toivo Koivukoski -- Friendship as precondition and consequence of creativity in politics / John von Heyking -- Can politics be creative? Theory and empirical evidence / Thomas Heilke -- On Schabert's "creative person in politics" / Dan Avnon -- Breaking routine and adjusting anew : elections, persons, local politics / Alexander Thumfart -- Between wisdom and knowledge : the politics of creativity in a post-communist world / András Lánczi -- The primacy of persons? Why not? But a disenchanted one : a French sociologist visits Schabertpolis / Eirk Neveu.

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9780813221243 (electronic bk.)
0813221242 (electronic bk.)
9780813221236
0813221234

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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