Preservation, Conversion, and Innovation: The Evaluation of Political Novelty from Plato to Machiavelli
A premier distinction of liberal democracy is its praise of novelty and change, in the form of technological innovations and new expressions of personal liberty. To understand and critique our dedication to innovation, I study classical, medieval and early modern views on what the most important cha...
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Harvard University
2013
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10621 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10532640 |