![]() ![]() 4 These debates, though very important in their own right, neglected the potential of republicanism as an institutional alternative to both "capitalism" and "socialism." I propose to explore in this brief paper the potential of republican thought for our institutional innovations in the 21st century. ![]() In the vivid words of Joyce Appleby, "the recent discovery of republicanism as the reigning social theory of eighteenth-century America has produced a reaction among historians akin to the response of chemists to a new element." 2 However, most of the debates triggered by Pocock's seminal work focused either on the relative importance of liberalism and republicanism 3 or on the difference between humanist and jurist modes of discourse in early modern times. 1 The field of history of political thought in the English-speaking world has been profoundly transformed ever since. Pocock published his monumental study on "the Machiavellian Moment and Atlantic Republican Tradition" in 1975. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |