The Ship of State
Subtitle: Statecraft and Politics from Ancient Greece to Democratic America
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: August 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300088175
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Political science & theory; Political Science (Specific Aspects); State; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory; History; Political Science; Sex role
Description: "This book provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance).

Providing nuanced readings of key texts by these and other thinkers, Norma Thompson locates a powerful theme: that the political health of organized political communities - from the ancient polis to the modern state to contemporary democracy - requires a balance between masculine and feminine qualities."--BOOK JACKET.