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Titre PUBLIUS et la nature humaine
Auteur Jean-Marie Ruiz
Mir@bel Revue Revue française d'études américaines
Numéro no 87, janvier 2001 Le Politique, la politique
Page 7-16
Résumé anglais Contrary to most modern political writings, the celebrated Federalist Papers, most of which were written by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison under the pseudonym of Publius, is based on an explicit vision of human nature. This paper aims at showing that such a vision—which legitimated self-interest and rejected the traditional republican emphasis on virtue—belies the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment and illustrates the radical transformation of political theory in America following the Revolution.
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