Overview

Political Thinkers provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Western political thought written by a team of internationally renowned scholars. This collection provides an overview of the canon of great theorists, from Socrates and the Sophists to contemporary thinkers such as Habermas and Foucault. The second edition includes two new chapters on Cicero and Kant.

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Author:   David Boucher ,  Paul Kelly
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.252kg
ISBN:  

9780199215522

ISBN 10:   0199215529
Pages:   664
Publication Date:   07 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

1: David Boucher and Paul Kelly: Introduction Part I: The Polis 2: Peter Nicholson: The Sophists 3: Fred Rosen: Socrates 4: C.D.C. Reeve: Plato 5: Tony Burns: Aristotle 6: Cary J. Nederman: Cicero Part II: The Two Kingdoms 7: Jean Bethke Elshtain: St Augustine 8: Joseph Canning: Aquinas 9: Cary J. Nederman: Marsiglio of Padua 10: Joseph V. Femia: Machiavelli Part III: The Rationalist Enlightenment 11: Deborah Baumgold: Hobbes 12: Jeremy Waldron: Locke 13: Paul Kelly: Hume 14: Yoshie Kawade: Montesquieu 15: David Boucher: Rousseau 16: Terence Ball: The Federalist Papers 17: Carole Pateman: Wollstonecraft 18: Cheryl Welch: Tocqueville 19: Paul Kelly: Bentham 20: Paul Kelly: J.S. Mill on Liberty 21: Jennifer Ring: J.S. Mill on the Subjection of Women Part IV: The Counter-Enlightenment 22: Katrin Flikschuh: Kant 23: David Boucher: Burke 24: Alan Patten: Hegel 25: Lawrence Wilde: The Early Marx 26: Paul Thomas: Marx and Engels 27: Nathan Widder: Nietzsche Part V: The Twentieth Century 28: David Boucher: Oakeshott 29: Kenneth Baynes: Habermas 30: Rex Martin: Rawls 31: Paul Patton: Foucault

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David Boucher is Professor of Political Theory at Cardiff University. Paul Kelly is Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics.

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