Jacobins Utopians

by George Klosko

Book Overview

Jacobins and Utopians examines the politics of ideal societies and the means necessary to bring them into existence. George Klosko reveals how discussions of fundamental moral reform lead inexorably to questions of political power. Machiavelli classically articulated the claim that unarmed prophets go to the gallows. Themes of revolution play an integral role in Klosko's study--as the figures he explores frequently concerned themselves with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268032580
• ISBN13: 9780268032586
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"