02104cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500460014426400510019030000470024133600260028833700260031433800360034050000310037650800600040752012020046753400450166965300210171465300240173585600430175911634UtSlPG20260610133258.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aJF1 aWallas, Graham,d1858-193210aHuman Nature in Politics :bThird Edition 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2004-03-01 aProduced by Distributed Proofreaders Europe; Jon Ingram a"Human Nature in Politics" by Graham Wallas is a scholarly exploration of the intersection between psychology and political behavior, composed in the early 20th century. The work critiques contemporary political thought for its neglect of human nature, arguing that understanding political instincts is vital to comprehending and improving democratic systems. The opening of the text sets out Wallas' intentions and acknowledges the intellectual debt he owes to early psychological thinkers. He highlights the distinction between rational political reasoning and the more primal, instinctual nature of human behavior that influences political actions. Through a detailed preface and introduction, Wallas discusses the historical context of democratic governance, the challenges faced by representative democracy, and the inadequacies in current political sciences that fail to account for the emotional and irrational factors at play within politics. This scholarly discourse paves the way for a deeper analysis throughout the work, suggesting that a more nuanced understanding of human impulses could lead to the advancement of democratic processes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aPolitical ethics aPolitics, Practical40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11634