On Politics

On Politics

Author: Alan Ryan

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 1147

ISBN-13: 0871404656

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Looks at the history of politics from Hobbes to the twenty-first century.


History of Political Theory: An Introduction

History of Political Theory: An Introduction

Author: George Klosko

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-02-07

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 019969544X

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History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. The second volume traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary views.


A History of Political Thought

A History of Political Thought

Author: Janet Coleman

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 2000-06-22

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780631186533

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This volume continues the story of European political theorising by focusing on medieval and Renaissance thinkers. It includes extensive discussion of the practices that underpinned medieval political theories and which continued to play crucial roles in the eventual development of early-modern political institutions and debates. The author strikes a balance between trying to understand the philosophical cogency of medieval and Renaissance arguments on the one hand, elucidating why historically-suited medieval and Renaissance thinkers thought the ways they did about politics; and why we often think otherwise.


A HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT

A HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT

Author: SUBRATA MUKHERJEE

Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 2011-08-09

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 8120343891

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This lucidly written text, in its second edition, continues to provide a comprehensive study of the classical political tradition from Plato to Marx. The book elucidates the fascinating evolution of the history of political ideas, through the works of thirteen key political thinkers — which includes Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hegel and Marx. The text highlights the decline and revival of classical political theory and portrays the clash of universalism vs. localism in the classical tradition. It focuses on the recent interpretations of the classical texts, for instance, feasibility of the ideal State in Plato; civic humanism and republicanism in Machiavelli; the radicalism of Locke, and the contributions to the woman’s cause by John Stuart Mill. The text is intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Political Science of various universities, and for all those who are appearing for the civil services examinations. NEW TO THIS EDITION : Inclusion of two important liberal thinkers, Mary Wollstonecraft, the founder of liberal feminism, and Immanuel Kant, a de-ontological liberal. Addition of an Appendix on John Rawls who is credited as a seminal thinker of contemporary times, having played a crucial role in the revival of normative political theory.


A History of Political Thought

A History of Political Thought

Author: Jeffrey Bercuson

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2020-11-03

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1487538413

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A History of Political Thought is an accessible introduction to the history of political and economic thought; its main focus is the rise, and eventual consolidation, of modern market society. It asks: What are the effects of private property and commerce on individual well-being and on the stability of the political community? A History of Political Thought answers this central question through the careful study of political philosophers and economists, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century. The book does not have an ideological agenda and gives equal voice to thinkers on opposite sides of the political spectrum. This is one of its key merits and a mark of distinction: its willingness to treat stark opponents – Hobbes and Locke, Smith and Marx, Keynes and Hayek, among others – as equally worthy of serious study. In doing so, the book provides students with a very powerful arsenal of ideas about the evolution of the market and also provides a solid introduction to the history of political thought.


A History of International Political Theory

A History of International Political Theory

Author: Hartmut Behr

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-12-18

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0230248381

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Contemporary theory of international politics faces a twofold problem: the critical engagement with legacies of national power politics in connection to 20th Century International Relations and the regeneration of notions of humanity. This book contributes to this engagement by a genealogy of thoughts on war, peace, and ethics.


A History of Modern Political Thought

A History of Modern Political Thought

Author: Iain Hampsher-Monk

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 1993-04-08

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9781557861474

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Iain Hampsher-Monk’s lucid and accessible history of modern political thought is the introduction which many have been waiting for, providing a thorough guide to the ideas and writings of major political thinkers from Hobbes to Marx (including a full account of The Federalist papers). The author’s aim throughout is to incorporate the benefits of modern scholarship of the historical school, with its emphasis on historical and political circumstances as a key to meaning. Recognizing that for most students time will not allow detailed study of the historical and political contexts of particular works, Hampsher-Monk provides here the background necessary for the reader to situate the writings of key thinkers in relation to wider currents in intellectual and political history. A History of Modern Political Thought will meet the needs of both general readers and students of political theory and philosophy. It is an indispensable secondary source which aims to situate, explain, and provoke thought about the major works of political theory likely to be encountered by students of modern political thought.


A History of Political Theory

A History of Political Theory

Author: George H. Sabine

Publisher: Oxford and IBH Publishing

Published: 2018-11-30

Total Pages: 886

ISBN-13: 9788120417069

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This history of political theory is written in the light of the hypothesis that theories of politics are themselves a part of politics. In other words, they do not refer to an external reality but are produced as a normal part of the social milieu in which politics itself has its being. The reflection upon the ends of political action, upon the means of achieving them, upon the possibilities and necessities of political situations, and upon the obligations that political purposes impose, is an intrinsic element of the whole political process. Such thought evolves along with the institutions, the agencies of government, the moral and physical stresses to which it refers and which - one likes at least to believe - it, in some degree, controls.