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Chapter 1. Introduction. Politics, Art and Philosophy -- Chapter 2. The Emergence of a Philosophy of Art and Politics -- Chapter 3. The Political Philosophy of Conservatism (vita activa) -- Chapter 4. The Theory of Art and Culture -- Chapter 5. From the Philosophy of Art to Metaphysics (vita contemplativa) -- Chapter 6. Conclusion. The Duality of Scruton's Philosophy of Politics and Art.

"The Political Philosophy of the European City offers a wide-ranging panorama of urban political culture in Europe. Its historical scope ranges from the ancient polis through Italian city-states to the ideal of "small is beautiful" in the 20th century. As a political theory, it offers an analysis of conservative, urban republicanism"--

The Political Philosophy of the European City offers a wide-ranging panorama of urban political culture in Europe. Its historical scope ranges from the ancient polis through Italian city-states to the ideal of "small is beautiful" in the 20th century. As a political theory, it offers an analysis of conservative, urban republicanism.

Abstract ; This paper wants to address the Aristotelian analysis of the concept of mimesis from a social and cultural angle. It is going to show that mimesis is crucial if we want to understand why the institution of the theatre played such a crucial role in the civic educational programme of classical Athens. The paper's argument is that the magic spell of theatrical imitation, its aesthetic machinery was exploited by the city for civic educational function. Dramas, and in particular tragedies helped to articulate the city's political expectations from the citizens, and they achieved it with far better efficiency than any other medium of propaganda which was available in those days. It will first reconstruct the duality within the internal structure of the Aristotelian account of mimesis in Poetics: it will show both 1.) the aesthetic and 2.) the socio-cultural dimensions of his theory of civic initiation through dramatic imitation. In the second part it will compare this Greek cultural context with a similar context in Rome in the activity and writings of Cicero. Finally, the paper presents the Renaissance republican context of early modern Europe, which also connected politico-moral education with the idea of mimesis. ; SeriesInformation ; Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico, Vol 10, No 1 (2017): Ways of imitation

This paper addresses the issue of whether a proper history of political thought should avoid any contact with substantive political philosophy, as it was vehemently claimed earlier by Cambridge historians of political thought, or not. It argues that (A) a strong political or philosophical bias might kill the credibility of a reliable history of political thought, but (B), in this genre, it is by definition impossible to avoid taking on board politico-philosophical concerns. What is more, the paper also tries to show (C) the relevance of political philosophy for the history of political thought and vice versa. In particular, it will argue along the following two lines: (a) Without a political philosophical self-positioning any reconstruction of the history of political thought remains underdetermined and therefore uninstructive, and (b) without a look at the history of political thought political philosophy remains blind, alienated, theoretically unfounded and therefore potentially even dangerous. Methodologically, the paper aims to recapture some of the conclusions of the debates of the relationship of the two disciplines, with special attention to the French and British contexts (more particularly to the oeuvres of Rosanvallon and Skinner). ; Artykuł podejmuje zagadnienie czy właściwa historia myśli politycznej powinna wystrzegać się wszelkiego kontaktu z poważną filozofią polityczną, którego to stanowiska żarliwie bronili wcześniej historycy myśli politycznej z Cambridge, czy też nie. Przedstawiono tu pogląd, że silna stronniczość w dziedzinie polityki czy filozofii może zniszczyć wiarygodność miarodajnej historii myśli politycznej, ale uprawiając tę naukę z definicji nie sposób uchronić się przed rozważaniami polityczno-filozoficznymi. Artykuł próbuje także wykazać związek filozofii politycznej z historią myśli politycznej i vice versa. Artykuł szczególnie koncentruje się na następujących dwóch twierdzeniach: a) wszelka rekonstrukcja historii myśli politycznej pozbawiona własnej pozycji polityczno-filozoficznej jest nieokreślona i dlatego nie stanowi Źródła wiedzy, b) bez przyjrzenia się historii myśli politycznej filozofia polityczna jest ślepa, wyobcowana, nieuzasadniona teoretycznie, a tym samym nawet potencjalnie niebezpieczna. Z metodologicznego punktu widzenia w artykule podjęto próbę ponownego ujęcia niektórych wniosków z rozważań na temat związku obu dyscyplin, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem kontekstu francuskiego i angielskiego (a konkretnie dzieł Rosanvallona i Skinnera).

This book offers the first full-length study into the philosophical legacy of Roger Scruton, one of the most important British conservative philosophers. Scrutons philosophical interests encompassed art and politics and this book explores the intersections between these seeming disparate concerns. It also examines the philosophers fascination with Central European culture and considers his metaphysical intimations, connecting the arts with religion and the bonds of love.

In an effort to give a historical depth to recent discussions on taste in Aesthetic theory, this paper recovers a 19th century Hungarian paradigm. While taste first came to the forefront of philosophical reflection with the Enlightenment and especially with Kant, by now there is a growing literature on the survival of that discourse in the first half of the 19th century. The present author contributed to the research, which tried to show that in Hungary Count István Széchenyi, an influential political reformer, can be regarded as an author, who for socio-political reasons relied heavily on the British discourse of politeness and taste. This paper aims to show that the same discourse lived on and was employed in the second half of the 19th century in socio-political debates. The example is Baron Zsigmond Kemény, an admirer and follower of Széchenyi, who transformed the discourse into a bourgeois political-educational program.

In an effort to give a historical depth to recent discussions on taste in Aesthetic theory, this paper recovers a 19th century Hungarian paradigm. While taste first came to the forefront of philosophical reflection with the Enlightenment and especially with Kant, by now there is a growing literature on the survival of that discourse in the first half of the 19th century. The present author contributed to the research, which tried to show that in Hungary Count István Széchenyi, an influential political reformer, can be regarded as an author, who for socio-political reasons relied heavily on the British discourse of politeness and taste. This paper aims to show that the same discourse lived on and was employed in the second half of the 19th century in socio-political debates. The example is Baron Zsigmond Kemény, an admirer and follower of Széchenyi, who transformed the discourse into a bourgeois political-educational program.