Civic Republicanism is a valuable critical introduction to one of the most important topics in political philosophy. In this book, Iseult Honohan presents an authoritative and accessible account of civic republicanism, its origins and its problems. The book examines all the central themes of this political theory. In the first part of the book, Honohan explores the notion of historical tradition, which is a defining aspect of civic republicanism, its value and whether a continued tradition is sustainable. She also discusses the central concepts of republicanism, how they have evolved, in what circumstances civic republicanism can be applied and its patterns of re-emergence. In the second part of the book, contemporary interpretation of republican political theory is explored and question of civic virtue and participation are raised. What is the nature of the common good? What does it mean to put public before private interests and what does freedom mean in a republican state? Honohan explores these as well as other questions about the sustainability of republican thought in the kind of diverse societies we live in today. Civic Republicanism will be essential reading for students of politics and philosophy.
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"Combining a lucid and accessible style with considerable sophistication of thought, "Civic Republicanism, will be both helpful to students and stimulating to scholars."
-John Horton, University of Keele
."a timely and genuine contribution to the discussion of republicanism...distinctive."
-Richard Dagger, Arizona State University
-John Horton, University of Keele
."a timely and genuine contribution to the discussion of republicanism...distinctive."
-Richard Dagger, Arizona State University
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Freedom today widely (at least in the United States) has been mistaken for a radical, Ayn-Randian individualism; equality is widely disparaged or ignored. This truly amazing book looks at republicanism, tracing its historical evolution to the present. Isuelt Honohan correctly addresses the ideas of common good, public virtues, participation, and inclusion largely absent from the vocabulary of modern Republicanism.
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