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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What should we mean by 'the context' became the new point of debate. alTeRnaTiVe aPPRoaChes Although the textual method has been accused of committing the 'most mistakes' or leading to the 'worst misunderstandings' of a text, ...
What should we mean by 'the context' became the new point of debate. alTeRnaTiVe aPPRoaChes Although the textual method has been accused of committing the 'most mistakes' or leading to the 'worst misunderstandings' of a text, ...
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We always bring our own questions to bear on the past; this does not imply that we read the canon of political philosophy as repositories of 'timeless truths' or 'ageless wisdom' but it does mean that we read Machiavellli's Discourses ...
We always bring our own questions to bear on the past; this does not imply that we read the canon of political philosophy as repositories of 'timeless truths' or 'ageless wisdom' but it does mean that we read Machiavellli's Discourses ...
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... this does not mean that it is an irrelevant exercise, that the text has no relevance for us. It is its difference—how the political concerns of that time were different—that makes the text relevant to us, not the fact that its ...
... this does not mean that it is an irrelevant exercise, that the text has no relevance for us. It is its difference—how the political concerns of that time were different—that makes the text relevant to us, not the fact that its ...
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Just because in this book, a series of thinkers are chronologically arranged in successive chapters, we should not take this to mean that each of these thinkers has provided us with successively better designed new political ...
Just because in this book, a series of thinkers are chronologically arranged in successive chapters, we should not take this to mean that each of these thinkers has provided us with successively better designed new political ...
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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 |