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Price: $62.95

Format:
Paperback 504 pp.
189 mm x 246 mm

ISBN-10:
0199215529

ISBN-13:
9780199215522

Copyright Year:
2009

Imprint: OUP UK

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Political Thinkers

From Socrates to the Present, Second Edition

Edited by David Boucher and Paul Kelly

Political Thinkers provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Western political thought written by a team of internationally renowned scholars. This collection provides an overview of the canon of great theorists, from Socrates and the Sophists to contemporary thinkers such as Habermas and Foucault.

The second edition includes two new chapters on Cicero and Kant. It is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes:

For Students:
Interactive timeline of thinkers
Links to journal articles
Web links

Readership : An introductory textbook for all students taking an introduction to political thought course.

1. David Boucher and Paul Kelly: Introduction
Part I: The Polis
2. Peter Nicholson: The Sophists
3. Fred Rosen: Socrates
4. C.D.C. Reeve: Plato
5. Tony Burns: Aristotle
6. Cary J. Nederman: Cicero
Part II: The Two Kingdoms
7. Jean Bethke Elshtain: St Augustine
8. Joseph Canning: Aquinas
9. Cary J. Nederman: Marsiglio of Padua
10. Joseph V. Femia: Machiavelli
Part III: The Rationalist Enlightenment
11. Deborah Baumgold: Hobbes
12. Jeremy Waldron: Locke
13. Paul Kelly: Hume
14. Yoshie Kawade: Montesquieu
15. David Boucher: Rousseau
16. Terence Ball: The Federalist Papers
17. Carole Pateman: Wollstonecraft
18. Cheryl Welch: Tocqueville
19. Paul Kelly: Bentham
20. Paul Kelly: J.S. Mill on Liberty
21. Jennifer Ring: J.S. Mill on the Subjection of Women
Part IV: The Counter-Enlightenment
22. Katrin Flikschuh: Kant
23. David Boucher: Burke
24. Alan Patten: Hegel
25. Lawrence Wilde: The Early Marx
26. Paul Thomas: Marx and Engels
27. Nathan Widder: Nietzsche
28. Katrin Flikschuh: Kant
29. Cary Nederman: Cicero
Part V: The Twentieth Century
30. David Boucher: Oakeshott
31. Kenneth Baynes: Habermas
32. Rex Martin: Rawls
33. Paul Patton: Foucault

There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.

David Boucher is Professor of Political Theory at Cardiff University.



Paul Kelly is Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics.

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Special Features

  • Excellent breadth and depth, giving students a comprehensive overview of Western political thought in one text.
  • Carefully edited contributions from international experts, providing students with authoritative and accessible content.