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The great political theories : a comprehensive selection of the crucial ideas in political philosophy from the Greeks to the enlightenment / Michael Curtis

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Great Political Theories ; Vol. IPublication details: New York : Harperperennial, c2008.Description: xiv , 461 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780061351365
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JA 36 .G74 2008
Contents:
Preface -- Section I: The Greeks -- Section II: Hellenism and Roman Stoicism -- Section III: Rome -- Section IV: Early Christianity -- Section V: Medieval Life and Thought -- Section VI: The Two Realms: The Last Phase -- Section VII: The Renaissance -- Section VIII: The Reformation -- Section IX: The Right of Resistance -- Section X: Soverignty and Divine Right -- Section XI: HObbes and Spinoza -- Section XII: The Development of Constitutionalism -- Section XIII:Vico and Hume -- Section XIV: French Thought in the Late 17th and 18th Centuries -- Selected Bibliography -- Awknowledgements -- Index.
Summary: "As an introduction to political theory and science, this collection of writings by the great philosophers will be of close interest to general readers. It also serves as a basic textbook for students of government and political theory. Such fundamental concepts as Democracy, the Rule of Law, Justice, Natural Rights, Sovereignty, Citizenship, Power, the State, Revolution, Liberty, Reason, Materialism, Toleration, and the Separation of Church and State are traced from their origins, through their development and changing patterns, to show how they guide political thinking and institutions today."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Section I: The Greeks -- Section II: Hellenism and Roman Stoicism -- Section III: Rome -- Section IV: Early Christianity -- Section V: Medieval Life and Thought -- Section VI: The Two Realms: The Last Phase -- Section VII: The Renaissance -- Section VIII: The Reformation -- Section IX: The Right of Resistance -- Section X: Soverignty and Divine Right -- Section XI: HObbes and Spinoza -- Section XII: The Development of Constitutionalism -- Section XIII:Vico and Hume -- Section XIV: French Thought in the Late 17th and 18th Centuries -- Selected Bibliography -- Awknowledgements -- Index.

"As an introduction to political theory and science, this collection of writings by the great philosophers will be of close interest to general readers. It also serves as a basic textbook for students of government and political theory.
Such fundamental concepts as Democracy, the Rule of Law, Justice, Natural Rights, Sovereignty, Citizenship, Power, the State, Revolution, Liberty, Reason, Materialism, Toleration, and the Separation of Church and State are traced from their origins, through their development and changing patterns, to show how they guide political thinking and institutions today."

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