In "Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politic of Radical Engagement," author Stephen Eric Bronner emphasizes the connection between the Enlightenment ideas and contemporary society and the need for modification in the way of presenting the Enlightenment ideas. ... By inserting his arguments into the critiques, Bronner points out the urgent need to reify the metaphysical concepts under a contemporary social context. ... To better understand the effect of Enlightenment ideas on contemporary society, Bronner contends that it is necessary to break down the metaphysical idea and vie...

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Review From Marx Weber: essays in sociology, politics as a vocation' (396-450) Author Marx Weber, Hans h Gert (Originally a speech at Munich University, 1918, originally published in 1919.) ... I guess it's my turn to decide if this is the case, is there still any relevance of his work to today's contemporary society through this review. ... Asking what is generalizable and what is contextual about the work of earlier political scientists such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, or Montesquieu leads to asking the same questions about contemporary and personal work. ...

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As seen in document 1 by an unknown contemporary, women proved that they were intelligent and were competent to hold political power. This authors point of view reflects that Queen Elizabeth was loved and feared due to her regard for her subjects and yet her authority over them. ... In document 6 by Leonardo Bruni, we see how the author places emphasis on intellect. ... The author mentions how people at the time would not believe that some of the best works in literature and the studies could not come from the mind of women. ... Even though the author does not repress women for their effort in...

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In the "Two treatises of government " Locke show a principle still valid in the contemporary society: people delegates their sovereignty as long as the government guarantees freedom and fundamental rights. ... Montesquieu was one of the main authors to see the people as incapable to act for themselves, as he pointed out in "The spirit of the laws ". John Stuart Mill is another author who has exposed his theory about govern, democracy and political representation. ... To some extent the French author modernizes the ideal of ancient Greece's democracy. In his book emerges the need of bringi...

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"About 500 years ago modern political thinking began, It's enticing surface was the idea of, 'realism.' Its ruthless center was the idea that with a worthwhile end, one could justify any mean. Its spokesman was Nicolo Machiavelli," (Zinn). Yes, Machiavelli wanted to serve the people. However his mai...

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He likes at times to shock his contemporaries..." ... The first, most obvious purpose of The Prince is stated by the author himself, addressing Lorenzo de' Medici: If you will read [this book] over and study it carefully, you will recognize in it my most earnest desire that you may achieve that summit of grandeur to which your happy destiny and your other capacities predestine you. ... It could easily be said that with this book the author may have trying to ingratiate himself to all the local nobility; on the other hand, knowing what follows might also suggest that Machiavelli was r...

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And this was exactly the historical context when Locke authored his Two Treatises of Government (Bennett 70). ... It perhaps justified his contemporary's actions during the Glorious Revolution. ...

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