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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... forms of government. Oligarchy, that is, rule by the few, usually the noble born, and the rich and wealthy, was the dominant form of government in the Greek citystates. Democracy in athens We said earlier that there were as many as ...
... forms of government. Oligarchy, that is, rule by the few, usually the noble born, and the rich and wealthy, was the dominant form of government in the Greek citystates. Democracy in athens We said earlier that there were as many as ...
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... form of government? Questions such as these as well as our modern interest in democracy draw our attention specifically to the citystate of Athens. We began our discussion of the Athenian polis by referring to the argument that much of ...
... form of government? Questions such as these as well as our modern interest in democracy draw our attention specifically to the citystate of Athens. We began our discussion of the Athenian polis by referring to the argument that much of ...
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... kind of case being heard. There were basically 10 kinds of courts differentiated by the type of offences they could ... form of government prevalent in other city-states, the received opinion is that it was slavery that was the basis of ...
... kind of case being heard. There were basically 10 kinds of courts differentiated by the type of offences they could ... form of government prevalent in other city-states, the received opinion is that it was slavery that was the basis of ...
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... Forms and of the rule of philosophy. Laws reveal, instead, a modification of those positions to make it possible to ... government.41 For other critics, philosophy as a form of political knowledge became, in Plato's hands, a means of ...
... Forms and of the rule of philosophy. Laws reveal, instead, a modification of those positions to make it possible to ... government.41 For other critics, philosophy as a form of political knowledge became, in Plato's hands, a means of ...
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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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