Jacobins and Utopians
Subtitle: The Political Theory of Fundamental Moral Reform (Frank M. Covey, Jr. Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis)
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780268032586
Subjects: Political science & theory; Social & political philosophy; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; General; Public Policy - General; History; Political Science; Revolutions; Social ethics; Social reformers
Description: "Jacobins and Utopians examines the politics of ideal societies and the means necessary to bring them into existence. George Klosko reveals how discussions of fundamental moral reform lead inexorably to questions of political power. Machiavelli classically articulated the claim that unarmed prophets go to the gallows. Themes of revolution play an integral role in Klosko's study - as the figures he explores frequently concerned themselves with the means of becoming armed."--BOOK JACKET.