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Cover image for book Modern Democracy and the Theological-Political Problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson

Modern Democracy and the Theological-Political Problem in Spinoza, Rousseau, and Jefferson

By:L. Ward
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137475046
eText ISBN:9781137475053
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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The book examines the intersection of two philosophical developments which define define contemporary life in the liberal democratic west, considering how democracy has become the only legitimate and publicly defensible regime, while also considering how modern democracy attempts to solve what Leo Strauss called the "theologico-political problem."