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Fifty major political thinkers / Ian Adams and R.W. Dyson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge key guidesPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 253 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415400988
  • 9780415400985
  • 0415400996
  • 9780415400992
Other title:
  • 50 major political thinkers
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.0922 22
LOC classification:
  • JA66 .A314 2007
Contents:
1. Plato -- 2. Aristotle -- 3. St Augustine of Hippo -- 4. John of Salisbury -- 5. St Thomas Aquinas -- 6. Marsilius of Padua -- 7. Machiavelli -- 8. Thomas More -- 9. Thomas Hobbes -- 10. James Harrington -- 11. John Locke -- 12. David Hume -- 13. Montesquieu -- 14. Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- 15. Immanuel Kant -- 16. Johann Gottfried Herder -- 17. Tom Paine -- 18. Edmund Burke -- 19. Mary Wollstonecraft -- 20. William Goodwin -- 21. G.F.W. Hegel -- 22. Jeremy Bentham -- 23. Fourier -- 24. Karl Marx -- 25. Alexis de Tocqueville -- 26. J.S. Mill -- 27. Herbert Spencer -- 28. T.H.Green -- 29. Friedrich Nietszche -- 30. Prince Peter Kropotkin -- 31. Georges Sorel -- 32. Eduard Bernstein -- 33. Vladimir Ilich Lenin -- 34. Max Weber -- 35. Marcus Garvey -- 36. Benito Mussolini -- 37. Hannah Arendt -- 38. Isaiah Berlin -- 39. Friedrich von Hayek -- 40. Mohandas Gandhi -- 41. Sir Karl Popper -- 42. Michael Oakeshott -- 43. Simone de Beauvoir -- 44. Herbert Marcuse -- 45. Michel Foucault -- 46. John Rawls -- 47. Arne Naess -- 48. Robert Nozick -- 49. Jurgen Habermas -- 50. Jean Francois Lyotard.
Summary: "Fifty Major Political Thinkers 2nd edition introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including:AristotleSimone de BeauvoirMichel FoucaultMohandas GandhiJurgen HabermasMachiavelliKarl MarxThomas PaineJean-Jacques RousseauMary WollstonecraftFully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Plato -- 2. Aristotle -- 3. St Augustine of Hippo -- 4. John of Salisbury -- 5. St Thomas Aquinas -- 6. Marsilius of Padua -- 7. Machiavelli -- 8. Thomas More -- 9. Thomas Hobbes -- 10. James Harrington -- 11. John Locke -- 12. David Hume -- 13. Montesquieu -- 14. Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- 15. Immanuel Kant -- 16. Johann Gottfried Herder -- 17. Tom Paine -- 18. Edmund Burke -- 19. Mary Wollstonecraft -- 20. William Goodwin -- 21. G.F.W. Hegel -- 22. Jeremy Bentham -- 23. Fourier -- 24. Karl Marx -- 25. Alexis de Tocqueville -- 26. J.S. Mill -- 27. Herbert Spencer -- 28. T.H.Green -- 29. Friedrich Nietszche -- 30. Prince Peter Kropotkin -- 31. Georges Sorel -- 32. Eduard Bernstein -- 33. Vladimir Ilich Lenin -- 34. Max Weber -- 35. Marcus Garvey -- 36. Benito Mussolini -- 37. Hannah Arendt -- 38. Isaiah Berlin -- 39. Friedrich von Hayek -- 40. Mohandas Gandhi -- 41. Sir Karl Popper -- 42. Michael Oakeshott -- 43. Simone de Beauvoir -- 44. Herbert Marcuse -- 45. Michel Foucault -- 46. John Rawls -- 47. Arne Naess -- 48. Robert Nozick -- 49. Jurgen Habermas -- 50. Jean Francois Lyotard.

"Fifty Major Political Thinkers 2nd edition introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including:AristotleSimone de BeauvoirMichel FoucaultMohandas GandhiJurgen HabermasMachiavelliKarl MarxThomas PaineJean-Jacques RousseauMary WollstonecraftFully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought."--Publisher description.

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