The Political Classics

Klappentext These essays are designed for students of political philosophy who are approaching the great texts of the past for the first time. Intended to help students find their way into the texts and get the most from them, while encouraging further exploration, the essays offer selective interpretation of setting, form, and content in clear, straightforward language. Texts discussed are Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics, Augustine's City of God, Machiavelli's Prince and Discourses, Hobbes's Leviathan, Locke's Second Treatise of Government, and Rousseau's SocialContract. Zusammenfassung The main aim of this book is to make the classic writings of western political philosophy accessible to the modern reader. It provides an introduction to some of the major works of political thought, from Plato's "Republic" to Rousseau's "Social Contract". Inhaltsverzeichnis John Day: Plato; Andrew Lockyer: Aristotle; Bruce Haddock: Saint a Augustine; Peter Savigear: Machiavelli; Murray Forsyth: Hobbes; Christopher Hughes: Locke; Maurice Keens-Soper: Rousseau

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M Keens-Soper M Forsyth, Murray Forsyth
• Con la collaborazione di: Murray Forsyth (Editore), Murray (Professor Forsyth (Editore), Forsyth Murray (Editore), Maurice Keens-Soper (Editore), Maurice (Honorary Fellow Keens-Soper (Editore), Keens-Soper Maurice (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press Trade
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.09.1992
• EAN: 9780192852823
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285282-3
• Pagine: 205
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 195 mm x 12 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory