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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... rational and independent subjects were related to the state. When we look at how they used this theory to address their political issues, we become more self-conscious or reflexive about the terms in which we understand our own ...
... rational and independent subjects were related to the state. When we look at how they used this theory to address their political issues, we become more self-conscious or reflexive about the terms in which we understand our own ...
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... rational acts'.3 If the goal of human life is eudaimonia or happiness, what kind of life should individuals live, in order to be happy? 'Do we all wish to do well in the world?...since we all wish to do well, how could we do well? If we ...
... rational acts'.3 If the goal of human life is eudaimonia or happiness, what kind of life should individuals live, in order to be happy? 'Do we all wish to do well in the world?...since we all wish to do well, how could we do well? If we ...
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... rational knowledge as leading us to virtue.16 Plato's Political theory Plato is the only one among all the political philosophers we will read about in this book, to have left us all his writings in the form of dialogues, 35 of which ...
... rational knowledge as leading us to virtue.16 Plato's Political theory Plato is the only one among all the political philosophers we will read about in this book, to have left us all his writings in the form of dialogues, 35 of which ...
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... rational discussion conducted with others. What happens in Crito? Here we see Socrates in jail, waiting for his execution. His friend, Crito, comes to visit him and tells him of a plan for his escape. His friends will spirit him out of ...
... rational discussion conducted with others. What happens in Crito? Here we see Socrates in jail, waiting for his execution. His friend, Crito, comes to visit him and tells him of a plan for his escape. His friends will spirit him out of ...
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... rationality (our ability to know virtue) and what is the extent of our obligation to it? To answer this question, Plato constructed Republic as a dialogue between Socrates and his friends, ostensibly on a specific virtue, that of ...
... rationality (our ability to know virtue) and what is the extent of our obligation to it? To answer this question, Plato constructed Republic as a dialogue between Socrates and his friends, ostensibly on a specific virtue, that 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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