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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... dialogues not because of any desire about Greece, but because, she says, reading Plato helps her to make sense of modern politics. Republic helps her to better comprehend the political arrangements of her own world; but how can a book ...
... dialogues not because of any desire about Greece, but because, she says, reading Plato helps her to make sense of modern politics. Republic helps her to better comprehend the political arrangements of her own world; but how can a book ...
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... dialogues of Socrates. These thinkers were obviously responding to the practice of democracy in Athens. Socrates's insistence on speaking his mind on any and every occasion mirrors the democratic practice of parrhesia. Plato is famous ...
... dialogues of Socrates. These thinkers were obviously responding to the practice of democracy in Athens. Socrates's insistence on speaking his mind on any and every occasion mirrors the democratic practice of parrhesia. Plato is famous ...
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... Dialogues Including the Letters, edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns, Bollingen Series LXXI, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987, p. 317. 13. See Arlene W. Saxonhouse Chapter 4 in Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient ...
... Dialogues Including the Letters, edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns, Bollingen Series LXXI, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987, p. 317. 13. See Arlene W. Saxonhouse Chapter 4 in Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient ...
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... be Socrates's student, and he had great respect and admiration for his teacher. Socrates influenced him to such an extent that most of his dialogues are 26 Western Political Thought Plato (427–347 BCE): Justice and Reason.
... be Socrates's student, and he had great respect and admiration for his teacher. Socrates influenced him to such an extent that most of his dialogues are 26 Western Political Thought Plato (427–347 BCE): Justice and Reason.
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Jha, Shefali. to such an extent that most of his dialogues are written as conversations between Socrates and other notable citizens of Athens. Socrates is the main protagonist of Plato's dialogues. In fact, since Socrates did not leave ...
Jha, Shefali. to such an extent that most of his dialogues are written as conversations between Socrates and other notable citizens of Athens. Socrates is the main protagonist of Plato's dialogues. In fact, since Socrates did not leave ...
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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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