In Defence of Politics

activity actual American American liberal anti-political argued Aristotle attempt autocracy autocratic become believe Britain Certainly circumstances claim common Communist compromise conciliation conservatism conservative constitutional create CREON danger DEFENCE OF POLITICS democracy democratic depend destroy doctrinaire economic empiricism everything exist fact free politics free régimes free society freedom German Ghana HAEMON Hannah Arendt Harold Laski Harold Lasswell human idea ideal ideologist institutions interests invention Labour Labour Party least liberal liberty Machiavelli Marxism means merely Michael Oakeshott modern moral nationalism nationalist Nazi obvious organised particular party perhaps polis political doctrine political order political régime political rule politician possible praise preserve principle problem purely racialism realise recognised revolution sacrifice scientific scientism scientists sense social socialist sovereignty Soviet Union survival things thought tion totalitarian democracy totalitarian régimes tradition true truth unity violence W. H. Auden