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>In 1956, sociologist C. Wright Mills published the classic book The Power Elite, which looked at how a narrow segment of the population with high positions in different institutions (legislators, corporations, the military) tended to make decisions for the population as a whole, with the consensus among these actors displacing authentic democracy. - [Current Affairs](

The four essays are 'Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century'; Historical Inevitability', which the Economist described as a magnificent assertion of the reality of human freedom, of the role of free choice in history'; Two Concepts of Liberty', a ringing manifesto for pluralism and individual freedom; and John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life'. There is also a long and masterly introduction written specially for this collection, in which the author replies to his critics

"The Roman poet Juvenal (c. A.D. 60-130) left sixteen satires, which contain some of the bitterest and most incisive descriptions of life under the corrupt Roman empire, and some of the finest realistic and pessimistic poetry ever written. This is the first book in any language to give a full account of the man and his work."--Back cover.

Enthusiasm, first published in 1950 by Ronald A. Knox, is the end product of 30 years of research and inspiration. In his perceptive and learned study Knox presents the personalities and religious philosophies of the various types of enthusiasts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries-the monatists, donatists, anabaptists, Quakers-and religious movements, including Jansenism, quietism, and methodism. The late Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald A. Knox was Catholic Chaplain at Oxford University from 1926 to 1939 and domestic prelate to His Holiness Pope Pius XII in 1936. He was an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, editor of The Holy Bible: An Abridgement and Rearrangement, as well as translator of both the Old and New Testaments.

This book offers a uniquely important interpretation of the half-century friendship of Jefferson and Madison. The two philosopher statesmen are shown jointly working out the philosophy of democracy in the clash of political interests that followed the revolution. With fresh insights gained from her mastery of unpublished primary sources, Miss Koch recreates the personal drama behind formal statements and outward events and re-evaluates the political and philosophical significance of the views and actions of Jefferson and Madison. She reveals their struggle for a democratic but strong government, free from religious ties, unafraid of political criticism, protective of civil liberties, and dedicated to learning. She re-examines their views on federal authority, the two-party system, the Alien and Sedition Acts, the French Revolution, the public debt, the Supreme Court, the Louisiana Purchase, the location of the Federal Capital, and the support of education in a free society. Her book contributes toward the fuller understanding of the philosophy and character of the two political realists who founded their belief on the people and visualized the American republic as an experiment for liberty. From the back cover.

"The late C.Wright Mills was former Professor of Sociology at Columbia University."--BOOK JACKET.