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Shklar, Judith Nisse was born on September 24, 1928 in Riga, Latvia. Daughter of Aron and Agnes (Berner) Nisse. came to the United States, 1951.
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This book, first published in 1969, is widely regarded as one of the best studies of Rousseau's thought in any language. In it, Professor Shklar examines Rousseau's central concern: given that modern civilisation is intolerable and a return to the state of nature impossible, how is man to arrange his existence in society? Shklar organises the study around Rousseau's two conceptions of Utopia: the Spartan city and the autonomous family group. She emphasises the importance for Rousseau of psychological factors and shows how, when mediated through his images of authority and use of metaphor, they bring him to his notorious view that man is 'everywhere in chains'. In Shklar's view, Rousseau's conclusion is almost equally pessimistic: the chances are very remote that we can overcome the psychological obstacles to become both men and citizens.
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The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Shklar's "ordinary vices"--cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanthropy--are merely treacherous shoals, flawing our characters with mean-spiritedness and inhumanity. Shklar draws from a brilliant array of writers--Moliere and Dickens on hypocrisy, Jane Austen on snobbery, Shakespeare and Montesquieu on misanthropy, Hawthorne and Nietzsche on cruelty, Conrad and Faulkner on betrayal--to reveal the nature and effects of the vices. She examines their destructive effects, the ambiguities of the moral problems they pose to the liberal ethos, and their implications for government and citizens: liberalism is a difficult and challenging doctrine that demands a tolerance of contradiction, complexity, and the risks of freedom.
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Incisively and stylishly written, this book constitutes an open challenge to reconsider the fundamental question of the relationship of law to society.
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In this illuminating look at what constitutes American citizenship, Judith Shklar identifies the right to vote and the right to work as the defining social rights and primary sources of public respect. She demonstrates that in recent years, although all profess their devotion to the work ethic, earning remains unavailable to many who feel and are consequently treated as less than full citizens.
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One of the most original political thinkers of the Enlightenment, Montesquieu utilized his passionate belief in toleration and the moral benefits of science to construct a naturalistic system of political science based on the study of history, comparative government, and human behavior. This volume reveals Montesquieu's purpose by exploring the range of his literary output, focusing on his scandalous novel, The Persian Letters (1721), his philosophical history, Considerations on the Greatness and Decline of the Romans (1734), and his magnum opus, The Spirit of the Laws (1748).
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Seit jeher befassen sich die Philosophen mit den Tugenden, Theologen hingegen räsonieren über Sünden. Doch was ist mit den ganz gewöhhnlichen Lastern? In ihrem luziden Essay ergründet Judith N. Shklar die politische und persönliche Dimension der gewöhnlichen Übel – Grausamkeit, Heuchelei, Snobismus, Verrat und Misanthropie. Sie folgt dabei keiner philologischen Argumentation, sondern wagt einen abenteuerlichen Streifzug durch das moralische Minenfeld der Literatur-, Theater- und Philosophiegeschichte. Das erstaunliche Ergebnis: Die ganz gewöhhnlichen Laster entpuppen sich als durchaus fruchtbar, werden sie in die richtige politische Ordnung eingefasst – in einen emphatisch verstandenen Liberalismus, der fordert: Lieber frei und lasterhaft als gezwungen und moralisch rein.
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Shklar, Judith Nisse was born on September 24, 1928 in Riga, Latvia. Daughter of Aron and Agnes (Berner) Nisse. came to the United States, 1951.
Bachelor, McGill University, 1949; Master of Arts, McGill University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Instructor political science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1959;
assistant professor, Harvard University, 1959-1963;
lecturer, Harvard University, 1963-1970;
professor, Harvard University, from 1970;
John Cowles professor government, Harvard University, from 1980. Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, U., 1983, Carlyle lecturer, 1986. Pitt professor American institutions and history Cambridge U., 1983-1984.
Storrs lecturer Law School, Yale University, 1988. Tanner lecturer U. Utah, 1989.
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(Faith & politics.)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Political Science Association (president 1989-1990), American Philosophical Society.
Married Gerald Shklar, June 16, 1948. Children: David, Michael, Ruth.