The New History of Political Theory Ancient Greece to the Modern World

This book contains a concise presentation of the major political theories underlying the Western tradition and contemporary ideological debates in America and the world. From the Ancients, Plato and Aristotle, to contemporary Americans, Rawls and Nozick, the book examines each thinker's conception of Human Nature, Political Society and Social Ethics. Extensive excerpts from the original writings and their relation to American political principles distinguish this valuable text.

Info autore

Garrett Ward Sheldon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University; Moscow University; the University of Vienna, Austria; Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; and in Istanbul. He received a PhD from Rutgers University and studied at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He is the author of many books and articles on American political thought, religion and politics, and political culture and law.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Garrett Ward Sheldon, Sheldon Garrett Ward
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.08.2023
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva
• EAN: 9781636672953
• ISBN: 978-1-63667-295-3
• Numero di pagine: 206
• Illustrazioni: 23 Abb.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15 x 1.2 x 22.5 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 314 g
• Categorie: Tradition, Modern, Reprint, History, PHILOSOPHY / General, Political Ideologies, America, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Theory, Greek, Greece, political, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, garrett, Social Ethics, Sheldon, Rawls, Ward, Printing, Political science and theory, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Political ideologies and movements, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Ancient, Human nature, ideological debates, Third, Nozick