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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Side viii
We are back to the question of the relationship between people and their government or their state. It is clear that these political questions are not yet resolved, even though the institutions of the state and government have been with ...
We are back to the question of the relationship between people and their government or their state. It is clear that these political questions are not yet resolved, even though the institutions of the state and government have been with ...
Side 2
How do we answer then, the question of the relevance of a work of political philosophy that was written in another time and place, to current politics? Have you at sometime come across an individual so immersed in her reading of Plato's ...
How do we answer then, the question of the relevance of a work of political philosophy that was written in another time and place, to current politics? Have you at sometime come across an individual so immersed in her reading of Plato's ...
Side 3
As each thinker is understood to be responding to these same 'enduring' and 'abiding'4 questions, as important to us as ... When it is presupposed that a political philosopher is trying to answer a certain set question, the meaning of ...
As each thinker is understood to be responding to these same 'enduring' and 'abiding'4 questions, as important to us as ... When it is presupposed that a political philosopher is trying to answer a certain set question, the meaning of ...
Side 4
do something other than answer some 'universal' question. Critics have further argued that this textual method also leads us into making the mistake of conflating 'the retrospective significance of a given historical work' with 'its ...
do something other than answer some 'universal' question. Critics have further argued that this textual method also leads us into making the mistake of conflating 'the retrospective significance of a given historical work' with 'its ...
Side 5
... was still pointed out was that—'but we have to understand what its author understood that context to be, not insert it into some context constructed by our scholarship'.8 The question now was—how was the context to be understood?
... was still pointed out was that—'but we have to understand what its author understood that context to be, not insert it into some context constructed by our scholarship'.8 The question now was—how was the context to be understood?
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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 |