{"product_id":"aristocratic-voices-richard-avramenko-9781666933147","title":"Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and Inequality","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 21st century, political debates appear to center on fundamental conflicts between \"the people\" and \"elites.\" Most of these discussions emphasize strategies to protect and empower the oppressed masses against a predatory ruling class. Much of classical political thought, however, was written from an aristocratic point of view: that is, it ascribed paramount importance to the question of elite formation. Assuming inequality as a permanent feature of human associations, what virtues would elites need to have, what institutions and traditions would cultivate the best qualities in members of the ruling class, and curb their extravagances. \u003ci\u003eAristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e consists of essays by political theorists who explore these questions in the works of aristocratic thinkers, both ancient and modern. The volume includes analyses of aristocratic virtues, interpretations of aristocratic assemblies and constitutions, both historic and contemporary, as well as critiques of liberal virtues and institutions. Essays on Plutarch, Nicholas of Cusa, Marsilius of Padua, Sir Thomas Elyot, John Henry Newman, Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl, Henry Adams, Friedrich Nietzsche, Irving Babbitt, Oswald Spengler, Julius Evola, and Robert Nisbet explore ways of preserving and adapting the valuable aspects of the aristocratic ethos to the needs of modern societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Avramenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666933147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666933147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard Avramenko","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401211662591,"sku":"9781666933147","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c6dc45f-f066-4e04-a1b6-60b21adbe1ec.jpg?v=1733887083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristocratic-voices-richard-avramenko-9781666933147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}