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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The European Union is new, the Islamic Republic of Iran is (was) new, the women's movement is new, and so on, with the assumption being that these political entities are not just new ...
The European Union is new, the Islamic Republic of Iran is (was) new, the women's movement is new, and so on, with the assumption being that these political entities are not just new ...
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We are curious about the Greek city-states of the pre-Christian era; we want to know about Athenian democracy and Spartan oligarchy and Republic and Politics help to satisfy that curiosity. But we are not historians.
We are curious about the Greek city-states of the pre-Christian era; we want to know about Athenian democracy and Spartan oligarchy and Republic and Politics help to satisfy that curiosity. But we are not historians.
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Plato is famous for comparing a democratic assembly to an out of control 'great beast' in Republic, and Aristotle's very definition of political rule as a continuous alternation between ruling and being ruled in turn captures the status ...
Plato is famous for comparing a democratic assembly to an out of control 'great beast' in Republic, and Aristotle's very definition of political rule as a continuous alternation between ruling and being ruled in turn captures the status ...
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However, from Republic, Book II onwards, a different Socrates begins to appear. Vlastos has listed 10 differences between these two Socrates: Whereas the Socrates of the early Platonic dialogues seeks knowledge elenctically but keeps ...
However, from Republic, Book II onwards, a different Socrates begins to appear. Vlastos has listed 10 differences between these two Socrates: Whereas the Socrates of the early Platonic dialogues seeks knowledge elenctically but keeps ...
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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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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Western Political Thought: From Plato to Marx |
| Forfatter | Jha, Shefali |
| Utgiver | Pearson Education India, 2009 |
| ISBN | 813175264X, 9788131752647 |
| Lengde | 252 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |