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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Side 8
... political thinkers were not just saying something, they were doing something, since 'to make a statement is to perform an action'. Given this theory of linguistic action or of speech acts, the meaning ... Western Political Thought Conclusion.
... political thinkers were not just saying something, they were doing something, since 'to make a statement is to perform an action'. Given this theory of linguistic action or of speech acts, the meaning ... Western Political Thought Conclusion.
Side 9
... political philosophers is used in contemporary political theory? What are we to make of a political theorist, like Martha Nussbaum for example, making self-consciously Aristotelian arguments to throw light on contemporary political ...
... political philosophers is used in contemporary political theory? What are we to make of a political theorist, like Martha Nussbaum for example, making self-consciously Aristotelian arguments to throw light on contemporary political ...
Side 10
... political concepts justifying political authority also led to a questioning of the harmony between an individual's interests and the interests of others. Virtue talk assumed the priority of the public good for ... Western Political Thought.
... political concepts justifying political authority also led to a questioning of the harmony between an individual's interests and the interests of others. Virtue talk assumed the priority of the public good for ... Western Political Thought.
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... Political Theory of Possessive Individualism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962. 7. J. Tully, An Approach to Political Philosophy: Locke in Contexts, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, p. 127 8 ... Western Political Thought.
... Political Theory of Possessive Individualism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962. 7. J. Tully, An Approach to Political Philosophy: Locke in Contexts, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, p. 127 8 ... Western Political Thought.
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... political conditions that the thinker is responding to. Since, in the next few chapters, we are going to study the political thought of the philosophical threesome of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, which has dominated for so long the ...
... political conditions that the thinker is responding to. Since, in the next few chapters, we are going to study the political thought of the philosophical threesome of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, which has dominated for so long the ...
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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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