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The history of political thought : a thematic introduction / John Morrow.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan Press, 1998Description: xvi, 417 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0333632206
  • 9780333632208
  • 0333632214
  • 9780333632215
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 320.011 21
  • 320.01
LOC classification:
  • JA81 .M757 1998
Contents:
Introduction ---- Part I. The Ends of Politics. 1. Politics and Order --- 2. Politics and Virtue --- 3. Politics and Freedom --- 4. Politics, Happiness and Welfare ---- Part II. The Location of Political Authority: Who Should Rule? 5. Rule by a Single Person --- 6. The Rule of the Few --- 7. The Rule of the Many ---- Part III. The Exercise of Political Authority. 8. The Sanctions of 'Nature' --- 9. Mixed Government, Balanced Constitutions and the Separation of Powers --- 10. Absolute Government --- 11. The Rule of Law and Rule-Bound Orders ---- Part IV. Challenging Political Authority. 12. Resisting Unjust Rulers --- 13. Revolutionary Political Thought --- 14. Theories of Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance to Political Authority --- 15. Conclusion: Some Contemporary Themes.
Summary: This text provides a broad-ranging thematic introduction to the Western tradition of political thought. Following a chronological introductory chapter illustrated with charts of key thinkers and works for each period, the core chapters focus on central issues in political theory: the ends of politics; the location of political power; the exercise of political authority and challenges to it. The thematic organization of the book combines detailed coverage of such "great names" as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx and Mill with assessments of the contributions of an exceptionally wide range of other theorists. The ideas of various thinkers are clearly related to one another and to the different contexts in which they were produced.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction ---- Part I. The Ends of Politics. 1. Politics and Order --- 2. Politics and Virtue --- 3. Politics and Freedom --- 4. Politics, Happiness and Welfare ---- Part II. The Location of Political Authority: Who Should Rule? 5. Rule by a Single Person --- 6. The Rule of the Few --- 7. The Rule of the Many ---- Part III. The Exercise of Political Authority. 8. The Sanctions of 'Nature' --- 9. Mixed Government, Balanced Constitutions and the Separation of Powers --- 10. Absolute Government --- 11. The Rule of Law and Rule-Bound Orders ---- Part IV. Challenging Political Authority. 12. Resisting Unjust Rulers --- 13. Revolutionary Political Thought --- 14. Theories of Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance to Political Authority --- 15. Conclusion: Some Contemporary Themes.

This text provides a broad-ranging thematic introduction to the Western tradition of political thought. Following a chronological introductory chapter illustrated with charts of key thinkers and works for each period, the core chapters focus on central issues in political theory: the ends of politics; the location of political power; the exercise of political authority and challenges to it. The thematic organization of the book combines detailed coverage of such "great names" as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx and Mill with assessments of the contributions of an exceptionally wide range of other theorists. The ideas of various thinkers are clearly related to one another and to the different contexts in which they were produced.

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