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 15
Jha, Shefali. citizen body of only about 400 to 900 citizens. Attica, with Athens at its centre, covered a territory of 2,650 sq. kms, whereas the average Greek city-state had a territory of only 50 to 100 sq. kms. The region of Boeotia ...
Jha, Shefali. citizen body of only about 400 to 900 citizens. Attica, with Athens at its centre, covered a territory of 2,650 sq. kms, whereas the average Greek city-state had a territory of only 50 to 100 sq. kms. The region of Boeotia ...
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... citizen population of the city-state of Athens was made up of thetes.9 What Solon did was to allow Athenian citizens from all four 16 Western Political Thought.
... citizen population of the city-state of Athens was made up of thetes.9 What Solon did was to allow Athenian citizens from all four 16 Western Political Thought.
Side 17
... citizens from all over Attica to Athens's central political institutions was organized. 'This was the first systematic attempt to establish binding institutional links between the centre and the periphery and incorporate all of Attica ...
... citizens from all over Attica to Athens's central political institutions was organized. 'This was the first systematic attempt to establish binding institutional links between the centre and the periphery and incorporate all of Attica ...
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... citizen, who was over 20 years old, to attend. Citizenship was restricted to free born Athenian males, and out of a population of about 300,000 in Athens, not more than 50,000 would have been citizens. The quorum of the ekklesia was set ...
... citizen, who was over 20 years old, to attend. Citizenship was restricted to free born Athenian males, and out of a population of about 300,000 in Athens, not more than 50,000 would have been citizens. The quorum of the ekklesia was set ...
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... citizens, irrespective of their status—but democracy in Athens also allowed parrhesia—frank and critical speech—to all its citizens.13 Whenever an important motion was being discussed in the assembly, there would usually be many ...
... citizens, irrespective of their status—but democracy in Athens also allowed parrhesia—frank and critical speech—to all its citizens.13 Whenever an important motion was being discussed in the assembly, there would usually be many ...
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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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