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 7
... writings. When we become familiar with the dominant political conceptions of a particular time, only then can we also understand the original contribution of a political philosopher, because we can see then how he deviated from the ...
... writings. When we become familiar with the dominant political conceptions of a particular time, only then can we also understand the original contribution of a political philosopher, because we can see then how he deviated from the ...
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... writing in past time'. Briefly, and simplistically, if the textual method's advice is to read and reread the text carefully and we will find it answering our questions, the social context method asks us instead to make the economic and ...
... writing in past time'. Briefly, and simplistically, if the textual method's advice is to read and reread the text carefully and we will find it answering our questions, the social context method asks us instead to make the economic and ...
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... writings of modern writers as diverse as Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Adam Smith, Hume, Rousseau, the Founding Fathers of the United States, Nietzsche, and Marx, owe in every case a considerable debt to the writings of Stoics, Epicureans ...
... writings of modern writers as diverse as Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Adam Smith, Hume, Rousseau, the Founding Fathers of the United States, Nietzsche, and Marx, owe in every case a considerable debt to the writings of Stoics, Epicureans ...
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... writing their 'great works' to solve our contemporary political problems. They were grappling with their own political ... writings. I am not asking you to get bogged down in methodological issues, which seem to have become the bane of ...
... writing their 'great works' to solve our contemporary political problems. They were grappling with their own political ... writings. I am not asking you to get bogged down in methodological issues, which seem to have become the bane of ...
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... writings of Plato and Aristotle, and the reported dialogues of Socrates. These thinkers were obviously responding to the practice of democracy in Athens. Socrates's insistence on speaking his mind on any and every occasion mirrors the ...
... writings of Plato and Aristotle, and the reported dialogues of Socrates. These thinkers were obviously responding to the practice of democracy in Athens. Socrates's insistence on speaking his mind on any and every occasion mirrors 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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