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" The forum and the tower : "
Mary Ann Glendon
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BL
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711676
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b533865
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| Main Entry
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Glendon, Mary Ann,1938-
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The forum and the tower : : how scholars and politicians have imagined the world, from Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt /\ Mary Ann Glendon
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, c2011
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xiii, 261 p. ;; 25 cm
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0199782458 (hbk.)
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: 9780199782451 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index
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| Contents
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Plato in the real city -- Marcus Tullius Cicero : politics in a dying republic -- Justinian, Tribonian, and Irnerius : how statesmen and scholars rescued Roman law (twice) -- Advising the prince : the enigma of Machiavelli -- The scholar vs. the statesman : Thomas Hobbes and Edward Coke -- John Locke : the don heard around the world -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau : political philosophy without politics -- Edmund Burke : man on a tightrope -- Tocqueville the politician -- Max Weber : scholarship and politics in the disenchanted world -- Oliver Wendell Holmes : the tradition-haunted iconoclast -- The first lady and the philosopher : Eleanor Roosevelt, Charles Malik, and the human rights project
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"In The Forum and the Tower, Glendon examines thinkers who have collaborated with leaders, from ancient Syracuse to the modern White House, in a series of brisk portraits that explore the meeting of theory and reality. Glendon discusses a roster of great names, from Edmund Burke to Alexis de Tocqueville, Machiavelli to Rousseau, John Locke to Max Weber, down to Charles Malik, who helped Eleanor Roosevelt draft the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. With each, she explores the eternal questions they faced, including: Is politics such a dirty business that I shouldn't get involved? Will I betray my principles by pursuing public office? Can I make a difference, or will my efforts be wasted? Even the most politically successful intellectuals, she notes, did not all end happily. The brilliant Marcus Tullius Cicero, for example, reached the height of power in the late Roman Republic, then fell victim to intrigue, assassinated at Mark Antony's order. Yet others had a lasting impact. The legal scholar Tribonian helped Byzantine Emperor Justinian I craft the Corpus Juris Civilis, which became a bedrock of Western law. Portalis and Napoleon emulated them, creating the civil code that the French emperor regarded as his greatest legacy"--Provided by publisher
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Irnerius,active 12th century
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Justinian, I,483?-565
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Plato
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Tribonian,-545?
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Burke, Edmund,1729-1797
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius
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Coke, Edward,1552-1634
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Hobbes, Thomas,1588-1679
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell,1841-1935
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Locke, John,1632-1704
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Machiavelli, Niccolò,1469-1527
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Malik, Charles Habib,1906-1987
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Roosevelt, Eleanor,1884-1962
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,1712-1778
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Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859
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Weber, Max,1864-1920
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Learning and scholarship-- Political aspects-- History
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Political science-- History
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Scholars-- Political activity-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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320.9
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JA81.G56 2011
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JA81.G56 2011
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| Parallel Title
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How scholars and politicians have imagined the world, from Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt
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