Western Political Thought: From Plato to MarxPearson Education India, 2009 - 252 sider Western Political Thought: From Plato to Marx is a lucid and comprehensive account of political thought that stretches from ancient Greece to the nineteenth century. Analysing political philosophies chronologically, this book offers valuable insights into the political structures of societies across the ages, and presents a wide perspective on the various social and political ideologies. Each of the 12 chapters contains excerpts from the original works by the philosophers, comprehensive reading list, and thought provoking questions on the philosophies discussed. |
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Side ix
... Leviathan or Hegel's Philosophy of Right. The reader is meant to assist them in their effort to comprehend and understand the classics of Western political thought. Putting together this reader for students, I would like to acknowledge ...
... Leviathan or Hegel's Philosophy of Right. The reader is meant to assist them in their effort to comprehend and understand the classics of Western political thought. Putting together this reader for students, I would like to acknowledge ...
Side 2
... Leviathan. How do we understand the meaning of what is written in this book? For a long time, the answer to such questions was provided by the textual method. The textual method has been described as insisting that given 'the autonomy ...
... Leviathan. How do we understand the meaning of what is written in this book? For a long time, the answer to such questions was provided by the textual method. The textual method has been described as insisting that given 'the autonomy ...
Side 3
... Leviathan, we only have to read it again and again, or if necessary, we should read it along with the corpus of Hobbes' other writings. If the meaning of some passage in the Leviathan is unclear to us, we take the help of some other ...
... Leviathan, we only have to read it again and again, or if necessary, we should read it along with the corpus of Hobbes' other writings. If the meaning of some passage in the Leviathan is unclear to us, we take the help of some other ...
Side 4
... Leviathan was written, and unless we are aware of this political context, no number of readings of Leviathan will help us to understand its meaning. Leviathan was a response to pressing political questions or political problems of the ...
... Leviathan was written, and unless we are aware of this political context, no number of readings of Leviathan will help us to understand its meaning. Leviathan was a response to pressing political questions or political problems of the ...
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... Leviathan can be reduced to its context, then why do we bother with Leviathan itself? If we reduce the text to the social context, then we will, Skinner argues, lose the point of what is being said in the text. Skinner tries to replace ...
... Leviathan can be reduced to its context, then why do we bother with Leviathan itself? If we reduce the text to the social context, then we will, Skinner argues, lose the point of what is being said in the text. Skinner tries to replace ...
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Moral Action and the Best Constitution | 49 |
Christian Political Thought in the Middle Ages | 71 |
Humanism and Republicanism | 86 |
Contract as the Basis of Political Obligation | 103 |
Theological Premises and Liberal Limits on Government | 125 |
Representative Government as the Maximizer of Utility | 162 |
The Benefits of the Liberty of Men and Women for Society | 179 |
The Social Conditions for a NonContractual Theory of Freedom | 198 |
The State and Class Struggle | 216 |
Afterword | 232 |
About the Author | 233 |
Index | 234 |
The General Will and Moral and Political Liberty | 142 |
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