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Unalienable Rights and Some Libertarians 不可剥夺权利与一些自由主义者

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-10-14 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1982608

C. J. Wolfe

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Reason and Politics: The Nature of Political Phenomena 理性与政治:政治现象的本质

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-10-11 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1981099

Paul T. Wilford

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The Paradox of the Person as the Paradox of Modernity 作为现代性悖论的人的悖论

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1973304

S. Mcguire

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Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine’s City of God, Veronica Roberts Ogle, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, 201 pp., ISBN: 978-1-108-84259-4. 奥古斯丁上帝之城中的政治与尘世之城，维罗妮卡·罗伯茨·奥格尔，剑桥:剑桥大学出版社，2021年，201页，ISBN: 978-1-108-84259-4。

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1956273

Thomas P. Harmon

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Lincoln and Shakespeare at Peoria 林肯和莎士比亚在皮奥里亚

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-09-28 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1983355

T. Richards

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Rawlsian Jurisprudence and the Limits of Democracy 罗尔斯法学与民主的局限

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-09-23 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1950488

S. G. Zeitlin

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David Walsh’s The Sacramentality of the Person 大卫·沃尔什的《人的圣礼

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1973302

James Greenaway

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David Walsh, The Priority of the Person: Political, Philosophical and Historical Discoveries 大卫·沃尔什，《人的优先权:政治、哲学和历史发现》

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1973303

V. Ogle

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Grateful Response 感恩的回应

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1973306

D. Walsh

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Recovering the Person: A Review of David Walsh’s The Priority of the Person: Political, Philosophical, and Historical Discoveries 恢复人:对大卫·沃尔什的《人的优先:政治、哲学和历史发现》的回顾

Perspectives on Political Science Pub Date : 2021-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/10457097.2021.1973305

J. Wensveen

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