The liberal-republican quandary in Israel, Europe, and the United States : early modern thought meets current affairs / edited by Thomas Maissen and Fania Oz-Salzberger.

Other author Maissen, Thomas, 1962-
Other author Oz-Salzberger, Fania.
Format Book
Publication InfoBrighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, ©2012.
Description286 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesIsrael, society, culture and history
Israel (Boston, Mass.) ^A1154193
Contents Machine generated contents note: Republics, Revelations and Liberalisms: A Selective History of Early Modern Political Thought / John G. A. Pocock -- Political Hebraism, Past and Present / Fania Oz-Salzberger -- The Polis in Seventeenth-Century Political Discourse: Athens Mirrored by Francis Rous, Marchamont Nedham, George Guillet De Saint-George and Jonathan Swift / Christine Zabel -- Were the Republics Able to Handle the Challenge? Commerce as a Driving Force Behind Changing Role Models in Eighteenth-Century Political Discourse / Urte Weeber -- Beyond the Republican Synthesis: Biblical Republicanism and the American Revolution / Eran Shalev -- Toleration, Liberty, and Rights: Or, What Hobbes Knew, Others Feared, and Hohfeld Figured Out / Gordon Schochet -- Old and New Justifications for War: Just Wars and Humanitarian Interventions / Marco Geuna -- Justice over Charity: Some Dangers in Faith-Based Poverty Initiatives / Sam Fleischacker -- Has the Wheel Come Full Circle? Civic Service Debates in Israel / Raef Zreik -- Universal Jurisdiction, Really Serious Crimes, and the Liberal-Republican Debate / Amnon Reichman -- Republican and Liberal Values in Coping With the Memory of World War II: The Swiss Holocaust Assets in a Transnational Perspective / Thomas Maissen -- Europe and Israel Today: Can Their Incompatible "Never Again(s)" be Reconciled? / Diana Pinto.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012289680
ISBN9781936235551 (hbk.)
ISBN1936235552 (hbk.)
ISBN9781618110299 (electronic)
ISBN1618110292 (electronic)