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Informationen zum Autor Iain Hampsher-Monk is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Exeter and Editor of the international Journal History of Political Thought. Klappentext 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 readers to situate the writings of key thinkers in relation to wider currents in intellectual and political history. Zusammenfassung Aims to provide a lucid and accessible history of modern political thought and an introduction to the subject! presenting a guide to the ideas and writings of major political thinkers from Hobbes to Marx! as well as providing the background necessary for readers to contextualize their writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix I Thomas Hobbes 1 II John Locke 69 III David Hume 117 IV Jean-Jacques Rousseau 153 V 'Publius': The Federalist 197 VI Edmund Burke 261 VII Jeremy Bentham 305 VIII John Stuart Mill 339 IX G. W. F. Hegel 409 X Karl Marx 483 Bibliography 563 Index 593 ...
