History of Political Thought

Raymond G. Gettell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9780367220556
• eBook ISBN: 9781000704662
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Political Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

First published in 1924. This extensive volume explores the history of political theory from Ancient Greece up until proletarian thought in the early twentieth century. The author pays particular attention to the connection between economic and political theory during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. History of Political Thought will be of great interest to students of history, politics, and philosophy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Preface
• Contents
• Original Half Title
• Chapter I The Nature of Political Thought
• Chapter II Ancient Political Thought
• Chapter III Greek Political Thought
• Chapter IV Roman Political Thought
• Chapter V Beginnings of Medieval Political Thought
• Chapter VI The Conflict Between Church and State
• Chapter VII The Close of the Middle Ages
• Chapter VIII Political Theory of the Reformation
• Chapter IX Political Thought in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century
• Chapter X Bodin and Grotius
• Chapter XI The Puritan Revolution in England
• Chapter XII Hobbes and Locke
• Chapter XIII Continental Political Thought in the Seventeenth Century
• Chapter XIV Political Thought in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century
• Chapter XV Montesquieu and Rousseau
• Chapter XVI Economic Development and Political Thought
• Chapter XVII Later Eighteenth Century Moralists and Jurists
• Chapter XVIII Political Theories of the American and French Revolutions
• Chapter XIX Idealist-Ethical Political Thought
• Chapter XX Reactionary Political Thought After the Revolutions
• Chapter XXI The English Utilitarians
• Chapter XXII Political Theory of Constitutional Democracy
• Chapter XXIII Rise of Socialistic Political Thought
• Chapter XXIV The Historical School of Political Thought
• Chapter XXV The State as an Organism
• Chapter XXVI The Theory of the Federal State
• Chapter XXVII Theories of Nationalism, Imperialism, and Internationalism
• Chapter XXVIII Psychological Influence on Political Thought
• Chapter XXIX Pluralistic Theories of Sovereignty
• Chapter XXX Recent Proletarian Political Thought
• Chapter XXXI General Tendencies in Political Thought
• Index