Western Political Thought: From Plato to MarxWestern 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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This reader on Western political thought has been written for undergraduate students of political science in India who are just beginning their study of Plato's Republic or Hobbes' Leviathan or Hegel's Philosophy of Right.
This reader on Western political thought has been written for undergraduate students of political science in India who are just beginning their study of Plato's Republic or Hobbes' Leviathan or Hegel's Philosophy of Right.
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... for instance, Hobbes' 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 ...
... for instance, Hobbes' 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 ...
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of the text itself as the sole necessary key to its own meaning,...the text itself should form the self-sufficient object of inquiry and understanding'.2 To understand the meaning of the Leviathan, we only have to read it again and ...
of the text itself as the sole necessary key to its own meaning,...the text itself should form the self-sufficient object of inquiry and understanding'.2 To understand the meaning of the Leviathan, we only have to read it again and ...
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When Leviathan was published in 1651, the English civil war had just come to a close, with the English king, Charles I, being executed in 1649. For the next eleven years, no king was allowed to take the throne. It was in these turbulent ...
When Leviathan was published in 1651, the English civil war had just come to a close, with the English king, Charles I, being executed in 1649. For the next eleven years, no king was allowed to take the throne. It was in these turbulent ...
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But if the meaning of 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.
But if the meaning of 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.
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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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