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Metamorphoses of the City / Pierre Manent.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674072947
  • 9780674726437
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.7609
LOC classification:
  • HT113
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: The Dynamic of the West -- I. THE ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CITY -- II. THE ENIGMA OF ROME -- III. EMPIRE, CHURCH, NATION -- NOTES -- INDEX
Summary: Metamorphoses of the City is a sweeping interpretation of Europe's ambition to generate ever better forms of collective self-government, from ancient city-states and empires to a universal church and the nation-state. But the nation-state is nearing the end of its line, Pierre Manent says, and what will supplant it remains to be seen.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674726437

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: The Dynamic of the West -- I. THE ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CITY -- II. THE ENIGMA OF ROME -- III. EMPIRE, CHURCH, NATION -- NOTES -- INDEX

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Metamorphoses of the City is a sweeping interpretation of Europe's ambition to generate ever better forms of collective self-government, from ancient city-states and empires to a universal church and the nation-state. But the nation-state is nearing the end of its line, Pierre Manent says, and what will supplant it remains to be seen.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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