Inventors of ideas : an introduction to western political philosophy
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書誌事項
Inventors of ideas : an introduction to western political philosophy
St. Martin's Press , Macmillan, c1998
- : us
- : uk
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注記
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This textbook provides a concise chronological introduction to the thought of a broad range of major western political theorists showing how their insights are relevant to the understanding of contemporary politics. Clearly and accessibly written, the book pays particular attention to the roles of gender, religion and science and the tension between them.
目次
Introduction: The Challenge of Political Philosophy - PART I: ANCIENT POLITICAL THOUGHT - The Playwrights of Athens: Sophocles and Aristophanes - Plato: Advocating Justice - Aristotle: Endorsing Community - The Transformation of the Political: Cicero and Roman Political Thought - PART II: MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT - Saint Augustine and the Emergence of the Christian Political World - The Diversity and Unity of the Medieval Political World - Dante, Marsilius and the End of Medieval Political Unity - PART III: MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT - Machiavelli: Escaping Anarchy - The Protestant Reformation and the Religious Basis of Modern PoliticalThought - The Scientific Basis of Modern Politics - Hobbes: Securing Peace - Locke: Protecting Property - Rousseau: Establishing Democracy - Mary Wollstonecraft and the Origins of Modern Feminism - Critics and Defenders of the Enlightenment: Hume, Burke and Kant - Mill: Grounding Liberty - Marx: Revealing History's Meaning - PART IV: POSTMODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT - Freud, Nietzsche and the End of Meaning
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