Dalarun, Jacques
Field, Sean L.
(trad.)
Editorial: Cornell University Press
Colección: Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures
Número de páginas: 258 págs.
Fecha de edición: 15-02-2023
EAN: 9781501768354
ISBN: 978-1-5017-6835-4
Precio (sin IVA): 30,74 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 31,97 €
This book explores the practices of collective governance in medieval religious orders that turned the precepts of the Gospels—most notably that "the first will be last, the last will be first"—into practices of communal deliberation and the election of superiors. Jacques Dalarun argues that these democratic forms have profoundly influenced modern experiences of democracy, in particular the idea of government not as domination but as service.