{"product_id":"oakeshott-on-rome-and-america-gene-callahan-9781845406677","title":"Oakeshott on Rome and America","description":"The political systems of the Roman Republic were based almost entirely on tradition, the way of the ancestors, rather than on a written constitution. While the founders of the American Republic looked to ancient Rome as a primary model for their enterprise, nevertheless, in line with the rationalist spirit of their age, the American founders attempted to create a rational set of rules that would guide the conduct of American politics, namely, the US Constitution.These two examples offer a striking case of the ideal types, famously delineated by Michael Oakeshott in Rationalism in Politics and elsewhere, between politics as a practice grounded in tradition and politics as a system based on principles flowing from abstract reasoning.This book explores how the histories of the two republics can help us to understand Oakeshott s claims about rational versus traditional politics. Through examining such issues we may come to understand better not only Oakeshott s critique of rationalism, but also modern constitutional theory, issues in the design of the European Union, and aspects of the revival of republicanism.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gene Callahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845406672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845406677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imprint Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.53w x 0.71d","brand":"Gene Callahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938933244159,"sku":"9781845406677","price":39.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4facbd72-aa9c-4e8f-aa23-1311fefece29.jpg?v=1681438534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oakeshott-on-rome-and-america-gene-callahan-9781845406677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}