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Informationen zum Autor Peri Roberts is Senior Lecturer in the School of European Studies at Cardiff University. Peter David Edward Sutch is Reader in Political and International Theory at Cardiff University, where he teaches classes in political theory, global ethics and the politics of international law. Klappentext Author ApprovedYour conceptual toolkit for the study of political thoughtThis textbook, now in its second edition, gives you vocabulary you need - political, conceptual and historical - to engage confidently and deeply with political thought and the moral and political worlds in which we live.It traces the progress of political thought from Plato and Aristotle to Benhabib and Rorty, following a unique dual structure that introduces key thinkers and core concepts.The second edition features a brand new chapter on international political thought, reflecting one of the most striking developments in contemporary political theory.Topics covered: universal moral order, liberty, political freedom, the state, socialism, utilitarianism, distributive justice, liberalism, multiculturalism, conservatism, feminism, postmodernism, global justice and international political theory.Thinkers covered: Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Bentham, Rawls, Nozick, Walzer, Kymlicka, Parekh, Pogge, Hume, Burke, Oakeshott and Rorty.Peri Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in the School of European Studies at Cardiff University. He is author of /Political Constructivism/ (2007) and co-editor, with Bruce Haddock and Peter Sutch, of /Evil in Contemporary Political Theory/ (Edinburgh University Press, 2011).Peter Sutch is a Senior Lecturer in the School of European Studies at Cardiff University. He is author of /Ethics, Justice and International Relations/ (2001) and co-author, with J. Elias, of /International Relations: The Basics/ (Routledge, 2007). Zusammenfassung This textbook! now in its second edition! is designed to equip students with a basic 'conceptual toolkit' for the study of political thought: (i) a basic political vocabulary! (ii) a conceptual vocabulary and (iii) an historical vocabulary. Inhaltsverzeichnis [NB: there is a dual table of contents - one allowing the student to follow a chronological path (History of Political Thought), the other allowing a route to be traced through Political Concepts and Ideas]; History of Political Thought/ Political Concepts & Ideas; Introduction; 1: What is Political Theory?/ 1: What is Political Theory?; I: Classical Origins of Political Thought; 2: Plato/ 2: Is There a Universal Moral Order?; 3: Aristotle/ 3: Is Politics Natural?; II: Modern Developments in Political Thought; 4: Hobbes, Locke & Rousseau/ 4: Liberty & Human Nature: What is political freedom?; 5: Social Contractarians: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau/ 5: Political Legitimacy & the Artificiality of Politics: Why obey the state?; 6: Marx & Socialism/ 6: The Artificiality of Man; III: Contemporary Understandings of Political Thought; 7: Bentham, Utilitarianism and Rights/ 7. How do we take people seriously?; 8: Rawls, Nozick & Walzer/ 8: Distributive Justice; IV: Challenges to Universalism and Foundationalism; 9. The Internationalisation of Political Thought/ 9. Universal Principles in a Society of States; 10. Burke and Oakeshott/ 10. Conservatism: Reason vs Tradition; 11: Feminism and Antifoundationalism/ 11: What's Wrong with Universal Justice?/; Afterword/ Current Engagements in Political Thought; Index....
