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This study is the first book devoted to an exposition and analysis of Lippmann’s nine “books of political philosophy.”

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Age of Youthful Optimism
    • A Preface to Politics (1913)
    • Drift and Mastery (1914)
  • 2. Democracy and the Defects of Public Opinion
    • Public Opinion (1922)
    • The Phantom Public (1925)
  • 3. The State as Mediator
    • A Preface to Morals (1929)
  • 4. Security through a Compensated Economy
    • The Method of Freedom (1934)
    • The New Imperative (1935)
  • 5. The Free Market, Civility, and Natural Law
    • The Good Society (1937)
    • Essays in the Public Philosophy (1955)
  • 6. From Scientific Realism to Romantic Renaissance
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Five Public Philosophies of Walter Lippmann

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/1973
      ISBN13: 9781477305294, 978-1477305294
      ISBN10: 1477305297

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study is the first book devoted to an exposition and analysis of Lippmann’s nine “books of political philosophy.”

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • 1. The Age of Youthful Optimism
        • A Preface to Politics (1913)
        • Drift and Mastery (1914)
      • 2. Democracy and the Defects of Public Opinion
        • Public Opinion (1922)
        • The Phantom Public (1925)
      • 3. The State as Mediator
        • A Preface to Morals (1929)
      • 4. Security through a Compensated Economy
        • The Method of Freedom (1934)
        • The New Imperative (1935)
      • 5. The Free Market, Civility, and Natural Law
        • The Good Society (1937)
        • Essays in the Public Philosophy (1955)
      • 6. From Scientific Realism to Romantic Renaissance
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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