{"product_id":"the-necessity-of-choice-9780887383267","title":"The Necessity of Choice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Hartz is best known for his classic study, \u003cem\u003eThe Liberal Tradition in America\u003c\/em\u003e. At Harvard University, his lecture course on nineteenth-century politics and ideologies was memorable. Through the editorial hand of Paul Roazen, we can now share the experience of Hartz's considerable contributions to the theory of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the root of Hartz's work is the belief that revolution is not produced by misery, but by pressure of a new system on an old one. This approach enables him to explain sharp differences in revolutionary traditions. Because America essentially was a liberal society from its beginning and had no need for revolutions, America also lacked reactionaries, and lacked a tradition of genuine conservatism characteristic of European thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn lectures embracing Rousseau, Burke, Comte, Hegel, Mill, and Marx among others, Hartz develops a keen sense of the delicate balance between the role of the state in both enhancing and limiting personal freedom. H\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, by \u003cem\u003eBenjamin R. Barber\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction, by \u003cem\u003ePaul Roazen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Revolutionary Background\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Origins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Religious Problem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Economic Question\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Culture and Tradition: Condorcet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Jean-Jacques Rousseau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Rousseau and Our Constructive Problem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Reaction and Authoritarianism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The Setting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Romanticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Edmund Burke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Joseph de Maistre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Louis de Bonald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Auguste Comte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Georg W. F. Hegel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 A Free Society and Its Relation to the State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Liberalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 The Problem of Industrial Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Bentham's Utilitarianism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 John Stuart Mill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 Benjamin Constant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 Italy and Mazzini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 Historic Success and Failure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Socialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 Robert Owen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 Francois Fourier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Karl Marx\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406467670359,"sku":"9780887383267","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-necessity-of-choice-9780887383267","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}