{"product_id":"metamorphoses-of-the-city-on-the-western-dynamic-hardcover","title":"Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Manent\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarc Lepain\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the best way to govern ourselves? The history of the West has been shaped by the struggle to answer this question, according to Pierre Manent. A major achievement by one of Europe's most influential political philosophers, \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses of the City\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping interpretation of Europe's ambition since ancient times to generate ever better forms of collective self-government, and a reflection on what it means to be modern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManent's genealogy of the nation-state begins with the Greek city-state, the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e. With its creation, humans ceased to organize themselves solely by family and kinship systems and instead began to live politically. Eventually, as the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e exhausted its possibilities in warfare and civil strife, cities evolved into empires, epitomized by Rome, and empires in turn gave way to the universal Catholic Church and finally the nation-state. Through readings of Aristotle, Augustine, Montaigne, and others, Manent charts an intellectual history of these political forms, allowing us to see that the dynamic of competition among them is a central force in the evolution of Western civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScarred by the legacy of world wars, submerged in an increasingly technical transnational bureaucracy, indecisive in the face of proliferating crises of representative democracy, the European nation-state, Manent says, is nearing the end of its line. What new metamorphosis of the city will supplant it remains to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.46 x 6.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45397411102822,"sku":"9780674072947","price":106.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bHM5WnB4SEJDaTBVcGc3R1dLSHhLUT09.webp?v=1775436744","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/metamorphoses-of-the-city-on-the-western-dynamic-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}