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We are currently witnessing an increasingly influential counterrevolution in political theory, evident in the dialectical return to classical political science pioneered most prominently by Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin. In this context, the work of the relatively unknown Aurel Kolnai is of great importance. Kolnai was one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century to place the restoration of common-sense evaluation and philosophical realism at the center of his philosophical and political itinerary. In this volume, Daniel J. Mahoney presents Kolnai's major writings in political philoso

chapter 1 Max Scheler's Critique and Assessment of Freud's Theory of Libido (1925) -- chapter 2 High-Mindedness (1931) -- chapter 3 The Total State and Civilisation (1933) -- chapter 4 What Is Politics About? (1933) -- chapter 5 Heidegger and National Socialism (1934) -- chapter 6 On Human Equality (1934) -- chapter 7 Othmar Spann's Theory of Totality (1934) -- chapter 8 The Abuse of the Vital (1934) -- chapter 9 Democracy and Reality (1935) -- chapter 10 An Essay on Hatred (1935) -- chapter 11 The Humanitarian versus the Religious Attitude (1944) -- chapter 12 Contemporary British Philosophy and Its Political Aspects (1959) -- chapter 13 Human Dignity Today (1960) -- chapter 14 Dignity (1969) -- chapter 15 The Ghost of the Naturalistic Fallacy (1962) -- chapter 16 ? Defence of Intrinsicalism against 'Situation Ethics' (1970) -- chapter 17 The Moral Emphasis: Obligation, Practice, and Virtue.

Introduction / Francis Dunlop -- I. Papers by Kolnai -- What Is Politics About? -- A Note on the Meaning of Right and Wrong -- Erroneous Conscience -- Are There Degrees of Ethical Universality? -- The Concept of Practical Error -- Actions and Inactions -- Agency and Freedom -- The Indispensability of Philosophy -- II. Papers about Kolnai's Work -- The Ethical Theories of Aurel Kolnai / John Beach -- Kolnai's Mature Political Philosophy / Lee Congdon -- The Democratic Subversion of Political Liberty and Participation / John P. Hittinger -- Liberty, Equality, Nobility : Aurel Kolnai and the Moral Foundations of Democracy / Daniel J. Mahoney -- Aurel Kolnai : A Political Philosopher Confronts the Scourge of Our Epoch / Pierre Manent -- Aurel Kolnai and Utopia / David Wiggins -- Aims in Games and Moral Purposes / Lorand Ambrus-Lakatos -- Kolnai and Kant on (Human) Dignity / Zoltan Balazs -- Kolnai's Dissertation "Der ethische Wert und die Wirklichkeit" : A "Completion" of Scheler's Value-Ethics / Francis Dunlop -- The Nature and Scope of Ordinary Morality : Some Reflections in the Spirit of Aurel Kolnai / M.W.F. Stone -- Is Love Intertwined with Hatred? / Andreas Dorschel -- Kolnai's Idea of Emotional Presentation / Thomas Norgaard -- Aurel Kolnai's "Disgust" : A Source in the Art and Writing of Salvador Dali / Robert Radford