Scholasticism and Politics

Scholasticism and Politics, first published in 1940, is a collection of nine lectures Maritain delivered at the University of Chicago in 1938. Maritain championed the cause of what he called personalist democracy--a regime committed to popular sovereignty, constitutionalism, limited government, and individual freedom. He believed a personalist democracy offered the modern world the possibility of a political order most in keeping with the demands of human dignity, Christian values, and the common good.

Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) was a French political thinker and philosopher and is widely recognized as one of the most influential interpreters of Thomistic thought to modern culture.

Author: Jacques Maritain
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Liberty Fund
Published: 10/24/2011
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780865978287