This book contends that beneath the frenzied activism of the sixties and the seeming quiescence of the seventies, a "silent revolution" has been occurring that is gradually but fundamentally changing political life throughout the Western world. Ronald Inglehart focuses on two aspects of this revolution: a shift from an overwhelming emphasis on material values and physical secur...(展开全部)

Ronald Inglehart, here, raises the contention that a dramatic change in political culture was taking place. As abundance replaced scarcity in many advanced countries, politics was less focuses on people getting thew necessities of life--and more on people gaining what Abraham Maslow would nterm "self-actualization." People focusing on survival needs held a cultural view, accord...(展开全部)

The roots of modern Western legal institutions and concepts go back nine centuries to the Papal Revolution, when the Western church established its political and legal unity and its independence from emperors, kings, and feudal lords. Out of this upheaval came the Western idea of integrated legal systems consciously developed over generations and centuries. Harold J. Berman d...(展开全部)

The roots of modern Western legal institutions and concepts go back nine centuries to the Papal Revolution, when the Western church established its political and legal unity and its independence from emperors, kings, and feudal lords. Out of this upheaval came the Western idea of integrated legal systems consciously developed over generations and centuries. Harold J. Berman d...(展开全部)

Edmund Burke (1730-97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history. He grappled with the significance of the British Empire in India, fought for reconciliation with the American colonies, and was a vocal critic of national policy during three European wars. He also advocated reform in Britain, pressed for constitutional change in Ireland, and became a ce...(展开全部)

理查德·伯克是政治思想史教授，剑桥大学国王学院的研究员。2012年成为伦敦大学玛丽女王学院历史学院的教授，随后成为该校政治思想史研究中心的联合院长。2018年，他当选为剑桥大学政治思想史学院的主任以及英国社会科学院院士。另著有《爱尔兰的和平:思想的战争(Peace inlreland The War of ldeas），以及与人合编的《政治判断》(PoliticaJudgement）。

理查德·伯克是政治思想史教授，剑桥大学国王学院的研究员。2012年成为伦敦大学玛丽女王学院历史学院的教授，随后成为该校政治思想史研究中心的联合院长。2018年，他当选为剑桥大学政治思想史学院的主任以及英国社会科学院院士。另著有《爱尔兰的和平:思想的战争(Peace inlreland The War of ldeas），以及与人合编的《政治判断》(PoliticaJudgement）。