Politics and human nature. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ian Forbes and Steve Smith.
• Editors: Forbes, Ian, 1951-; Smith, Steve, 1952-
• Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Political theory and human nature; Notes; 2 Marx and human nature; Human nature and political theory; Perspectives on Marx; A Marxian theory of human nature; Human nature in capitalism; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Mill and human nature; Self-culture, Free Will and Liberty; Laws of the mind and the science of ethology; Instincts; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Conservatism and human nature; The universality of human nature; The family and acculturation; Conservatism and continuity; Conclusion; Notes 5 Utopianism and human natureOwen and the malleability thesis; Godwin and the science of mind; Skinner and behavioural engineering; Conclusions; Notes; 6 Critical Theory and human nature; Horkheimer and the material world; Adorno and the individual; Marcuse and liberation; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Psychoanalysis and human nature; Some comments on psychoanalytic thought; The status of psychoanalysis; Psychoanalysis and political attitudes; Improvability and the unconscious; Notes; 8 Feminism and human nature; The fallacy of 'naturalism'; Differences within feminist thought; Social explanations ConclusionNotes; 9 Work and human nature; The importance of work; The meaning of work; The value of work; The instrumental view of work; Marx: from the instrumental to the expressive view of work; The expressive view of work; Notes; 10 Bureaucracy and human nature; Max Weber: bureaucracy, rationality and human nature; Woodrow Wilson and the nature of executive power; Perspectives on civil service reform in the United States; The Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Act; Conclusion; Notes; 11 War and human nature; Realism, individuals and war; The state and war; The international system and war ConclusionNotes; 12 Conclusion; List of contributors; Index
• Publisher Details: London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.09; Political science -- History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Political science; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474287326; 1474287328
• Related ISBNs: 9781474287333; 1474287336
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 31, 2016).
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