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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• McGuire, Steven

Titel

Theory and Practice in Tocqueville and Kant: Reflections on Ralph Hancock's The Responsibility of Reason

Ist Teil von

• Perspectives on political science, 2013-01, Vol.42 (1), p.51-57

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ralph Hancock's Responsibility of Reason represents an important addition to the literature on the crisis of modernity. This article focuses on his account of the origins and nature of modernity and his claim that Tocqueville exemplifies the best way to work through the crisis of modernity. It then suggests that Hancock's own reflections on the nature of human existence require a more balanced or even positive assessment of modernity than the one he offers in the book. Finally, it attempts to illustrate this point by showing that elements of Kant's political thought are akin to Hancock's.