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Title: Conflict in Aristotle's political philosophy
Creators: Skultety Steven
Collection: Электронные книги зарубежных издательств; Общая коллекция
Subjects: Conflict of interests.; Common good.; Political science — Philosophy.; Political and social views.; EBSCO eBooks
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Language: English
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Table of Contents

  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
    • Organizing Principles and Chapter Content
  • Part I: Conflict in Imperfect Cities
    • Prelude
    • 1. Stasis as Civil War
      • I. What Is Stasis?
        • I.1. A Universal Profile of Factionalizers
        • I.2. Causal Triggers versus Spectacles
      • II. What Stasis Is Not
      • III. Stasis and Plato’s Theory of Political History
      • IV. The Athenian Constitution, Thucydides, and Polybius
      • V. The Ideal of Stasis-Free Politics
    • 2. The Unique Problem of Partisanship
      • I. The Priority and Problem of Political Identity
        • I.1. Three Familiar Traits
        • I.2. A Few Problems Solved
      • II. Explaining Intractable Conflict
        • II.1. The Inadequacy of Greed
        • II.2. Two Emotions, a Distinctive Fallacy, and the Derivation of Despotism
        • II.3. The Overarching Goal of Partisan Life
      • III. Partisanship as Discriminatory Elitism
        • III.1. A New Brand of Elitism
        • III.2. The Incompatibility of Partisanship and the Best Sort of City
    • 3. Managing Mistrust in Average Cities
      • I. The Challenges of Rule by One
        • I.1. The Congenital Defects of Rule by One
        • I.2. Mitigating the Problems of Rule by One
      • II. The Problems of Partisan Rule
        • II.1. The Congenital Defects of Rule by Partisans
        • II.2. Mitigating the Problems of Rule by Partisans
      • III. The Problems of Mixed Rule
        • III.1. The Intractable Problem of Mixed Government
        • III.2. Mitigating the Problem of Mixed Government with Those in the Middle
      • IV. Why Polity Is Usually Best
  • Part II: Conflict among Perfect Citizens
    • Prelude
    • 4. Dispute and Disagreement
      • I. Epistemic Limitations of the Phronimoi
        • I.1. The Epistemic Limitations of Political Decision Making
        • I.2. Initial and Persistent Disagreement over Political Decisions
      • II. The Problem of Multiple Best Actions for the Polis
        • II.1. Virtue and Zero-Sum Environments
        • II.2. Unsatisfactory Counterarguments
      • III. Too Much Pessimism for the Best of All Cities?
    • 5. Contending for Civic Flourishing
      • I. Virtuous Citizens Wish for Honor
      • II. Political Competitions
        • II.1. Ruling and Being Ruled
        • II.2. Competitive Elections for Office
        • II.3. A Competitive Reconstruction of Political Rhetoric
        • II.4. Jockeying for Political Influence among Deliberators
      • III. Contending as a Fine Activity
  • Part III: Aristotelian Conflict and Modern Political Thought
    • Prelude
    • 6. Conflict and Constitutionalism
      • I. The Posteriority of the Rule of Law
      • II. External Checks: Aristotle on Limited Government
      • III. Internal Checks
        • III.1. Aristotle’s Conception of Functional Separation among Rulers
        • III.2. Functional Separation as a Tactic for Thwarting Arbitrary Rule
        • III.3. Aristotle on the Possibility of Constitutional Balance
    • 7. Conflict and Democratic Theory
      • I. Democracy as Self-Government of the People
      • II. Deliberative Democracy
      • III. Democracy without Self-Government
      • IV. Democracy without Self-Government: Agonism
      • V. Democracy without Self-Government: Interest Pluralism
      • VI. Democracy without Self-Government: Plebiscitarianism
        • VI.1. Weber and the Sociology of Democratic Struggle
        • VI.2. Weber and Aristotle
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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