Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill

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Psychology Press, 2000 - 382 oldal

This clear and thorough introduction provides students with the skills necessary to understand the main thinkers, texts and arguments of political philosophy and thought. Each chapter comprises a brief overview of a major political thinker, followed by an introduction to one or more of their most influential works and an introduction to key secondary readings.
Key features include:
* exercises
* reading notes
* guides for further reading
The book introduces and assesses: Machiavelli's Prince; Hobbes' Leviathan; Locke's Second Treatise on Government; Rousseau's Social Contract; Marx and Engels' German Ideology (Part 1); Mill's On Liberty and The Subjection of Women. Reading Political Philosophy requires no previous knowledge of philosophy or politics and is ideal for newcomers to political philosophy and political thought.

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4 Problems with Hobbess Alienation Social Contract
92
CHAPTER 4
125
by Jean Hampton
168
The Social Contract
185
Two Concepts of Liberty by Isaiah Berlin
231
The German
238
Rejection of the Market Economy
270
2 Marxs Early Critique of Liberalism
279
3 Legislator by N J H Dent
281
On Liberty and The Subjection
304
Isaiah Berlin
336
by Janet Radcliffe Richards
357
Bibliography
368
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