The Political Classics
A Guide to the Essential Texts from Plato to Rousseau
Published on 24. September 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-0-19-285282-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a lively and accessible introduction to some of the greatest works of political thought. Written by a team of specialist contributors, there are chapters on Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics, Augustine's City of God, Machiavelli's Discourses and The Prince, Hobbes's Leviathan, and Locke's Second Treatise on Government. Concentrating on the ideas contained in the texts themselves, the guide also helps readers understand why these classics remain indispensable today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-285282-3 (9780192852823)
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Editor
ProfessorProfessor, Hong Kong Baptist University
Honorary Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Wales, Swansea, and University Fellow in the Centre for the Study of DiplomacyHonorary Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Wales, Swansea, and University Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Diplomacy, University of Leicester
Content
John Day: Plato; Andrew Lockyer: Aristotle; Bruce Haddock: Saint a Augustine; Peter Savigear: Machiavelli; Murray Forsyth: Hobbes; Christopher Hughes: Locke; Maurice Keens-Soper: Rousseau