| Description |
xii, 303 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Yale paperbound ; Y-33 |
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Yale paperbound ; Y-33
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| 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 |
| Notes |
Bibliographical foot-notes |
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Edited by Charles W. Hendel. cf. Foreword |
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Originally published on the Louis Stern memorial fund |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mythology.
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Political science.
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State, The.
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| Author |
Hendel, Charles William, 1890-1982.
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| LC no. |
wln79057649 |
| ISBN |
0300000367 (paperback) |
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0300003528 |
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