History of Western Political Thought
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History of Western Political Thought

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  2. English
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eBook - PDF

History of Western Political Thought

About this book

The third edition of this highly-regarded core textbook offers an accessible and impressively comprehensive account of Western Political Thought over the last two millennia. Structured in four main parts, the chapters are organised around a wide range of key themes, covering everything from Absolute Government and Revolutionary Political Thought to Politics and Freedom and Theories of Civil Disobedience. This new edition concludes with an Epilogue that considers the challenges posed to the history of Western political thought by the perspectives of post-colonialism and post-modernism. The use of boxes throughout the book to explain key thinkers in more detail, as well as the author's ability to express complex ideas in clear and jargon-free language, makes this the perfect text for helping students to understand the key debates, issues and continuities in the long history of political ideas.

For undergraduate and postgraduate students studying courses on the history of political thought and theory, this is an indispensable guide.

New to this Edition:
- Expanded material on the history of international relations thinking, race consciousness, diversity and gender politics
- A completely new Epilogue which focuses on a discussion of post-colonialism and post-modernism in relation to political theory
- Additional 'Thinker' boxes, alongside revised and updated suggestions for further reading

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781352005943
Edition
3
eBook ISBN
9781352005738
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Democracy
Index
Politics & International Relations
THE 
EXERCISE 
OF 
POLITICAL 
AUTHORITY
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. CONTENTS
  3. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
  4. LIST OF ‘THINKER’ BOXES
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. PART I THE ENDS OF POLITICS
  7. PART II THE LOCATION OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY: WHO SHOULD RULE?
  8. PART III THE EXERCISE OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY
  9. PART IV CHALLENGING POLITICAL AUTHORITY
  10. EPILOGUE: POST-MODERNISM AND POST-COLONIALISM
  11. FUTHER READING
  12. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  13. NAME INDEX
  14. SUBJECT INDEX

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