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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY : From Plato to Mao Martin Cohen

By: Language: English Publication details: London Pluto Press 2008/01/01Edition: 2Description: 334ISBN:
  • 9780745324708
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.5 COH
Contents:
Contents: Note to the Second EditionIntroductionContext: The Story of Human Society1. Plato's Vegetarian RepublicKey Text: Republic2. Confucius's Polite SocietyKey Text: Analects3. Aristotle and the Hierarchy of NatureKey Text: Politics4. Mohammed's Message of DoomKey Text: Koran5. Machiavelli's Psychopathic StateKey text: Discourses6. Hobbes' Wicked WorldKey Text: Leviathan7. Locke's Feudal FreedomKey Text: Essay Concerning the True, Original Extent and End of Civil Government8. Rousseau's Ode to LibertyKey Text: Discourse on Inequality9. The Founding Fathers' Constitutional RecipeKey Texts: The U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence10. Mr Smith's Excellent Inquiry into MoneyKey Text: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations11. Marx's Messianic MaterialismKey Text: The Communist Manifesto12. Mill's Optimistic LiberalismKey text: The Principles of Political Economy]13. Durkheim's Strange ScienceKey text: Social Rituals and Sacred Objects14. The Philosophical Dance with FascismKey Text: The Doctrines and Institutions of Fascism, by Benito Mussolini15. Hitler's Doctrine of HateKey text: Mein Kampf16. Mao's Little Red BookKey text: The Red BookEpilogue: Karl Popper and the search for the End of HistoryReferences and Sources for Further ReadingIndex
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Guiding the reader through the key arguments of the classic figures of Western political philosophy, from Plato through to the modern era, this revised edition includes new essays on Aristotle's 'Politics', Confucianism, Islamic social philosophy and Nazism, as well as additional material on 'Roman Law', Anarchism and 'anti-capitalism'.

Cohen moves chronologically through the development of political philosophy. He presents key texts in their own terms, before offering short, precise analyses of their strengths, weaknesses and influence. The book finishes with a discussion of modern liberalism and conservatism.

Providing both a broad overview and precise summaries of key ideas, this is an invaluable guide for all students of political thought.

A revised and expanded edition of this accessible introduction to political philosophy. Very popular with undergraduates.

Contents: Note to the Second EditionIntroductionContext: The Story of Human Society1. Plato's Vegetarian RepublicKey Text: Republic2. Confucius's Polite SocietyKey Text: Analects3. Aristotle and the Hierarchy of NatureKey Text: Politics4. Mohammed's Message of DoomKey Text: Koran5. Machiavelli's Psychopathic StateKey text: Discourses6. Hobbes' Wicked WorldKey Text: Leviathan7. Locke's Feudal FreedomKey Text: Essay Concerning the True, Original Extent and End of Civil Government8. Rousseau's Ode to LibertyKey Text: Discourse on Inequality9. The Founding Fathers' Constitutional RecipeKey Texts: The U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence10. Mr Smith's Excellent Inquiry into MoneyKey Text: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations11. Marx's Messianic MaterialismKey Text: The Communist Manifesto12. Mill's Optimistic LiberalismKey text: The Principles of Political Economy]13. Durkheim's Strange ScienceKey text: Social Rituals and Sacred Objects14. The Philosophical Dance with FascismKey Text: The Doctrines and Institutions of Fascism, by Benito Mussolini15. Hitler's Doctrine of HateKey text: Mein Kampf16. Mao's Little Red BookKey text: The Red BookEpilogue: Karl Popper and the search for the End of HistoryReferences and Sources for Further ReadingIndex

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