Managing a Quality System Using BS EN ISO 9000 (Formerly BS 5750) (Hardcover)

This analysis of The Odyssey and the way it has been interpreted by political philosophers throughout the centuries, has implications for the current state of political thought. The book offers readers insights into The Odyssey and aims to provide an understanding of the classic works of Plato, Rousseau, Vico, Horkheimer and Adorno. Through his analysis, Patrick J. Deneen requires readers to rethink the issues that are truly at the heart of our contemporary culture wars, and he encourages us to reassess our assumptions about the Western canon's virtues or viciousness. Deneen's exploration of Odysseus; and our own enduring battles between the dual temptations of homecoming and exploration, patriotism and cosmopolitanism, and relativism and universality provides a different perspective on contentious debates at the centre of modern theory and philosophy.