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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... community) is it that develops our 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 ... political community, thus, 34 Western Political Thought.
... community) is it that develops our 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 ... political community, thus, 34 Western Political Thought.
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Jha, Shefali. individual, we have to examine the just political community, thus, moving from moral philosophy in the direction of political science. Here, the dialogic quality of Republic comes to an end and a long monologue begins on ...
Jha, Shefali. individual, we have to examine the just political community, thus, moving from moral philosophy in the direction of political science. Here, the dialogic quality of Republic comes to an end and a long monologue begins on ...
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... community. Justice, he shows, is that which serves the common interest. even a den of thieves requires principles of justice if it is to sustain itself. In any common endeavour, there ... political community, 36 Western Political Thought.
... community. Justice, he shows, is that which serves the common interest. even a den of thieves requires principles of justice if it is to sustain itself. In any common endeavour, there ... political community, 36 Western Political Thought.
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Jha, Shefali. ideas of interdependence and specialization. For a successful political community, the functions of production, protection and statesmanship are to be adequately fulfilled. Therefore, justice requires that some individuals ...
Jha, Shefali. ideas of interdependence and specialization. For a successful political community, the functions of production, protection and statesmanship are to be adequately fulfilled. Therefore, justice requires that some individuals ...
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... political community. His specific conception of justice, however, has often been criticized as organic and inegalitarian. For instance, terming it as a conception of functional reciprocity, according to which each member of a city 'has ...
... political community. His specific conception of justice, however, has often been criticized as organic and inegalitarian. For instance, terming it as a conception of functional reciprocity, according to which each member of a city 'has ...
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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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