Understanding the Political Philosophers : From Ancient to Modern Times

ISBN-13: 9780415685368 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 336 str.

Alan Haworth

Opis

Understanding the Political Philosophers is an absorbing and accessible introduction to the major philosophers and core texts of western political philosophy. Organised historically - beginning with Socrates and Plato, and concluding with post-Rawlsian theory - Alan Haworth presents the key ideas and developments with clarity and depth. Each chapter provides a concentrated study of a given thinker or group of thinkers and together they constitute a broad account of the main arguments in political philosophy. There are chapters on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, the Utilitarians, Marx, and Rawls's early work. This revised second edition has been brought fully up-to-date, and includes expanded coverage of the period from the death of Aristotle to the sixteenth century, as well as a new chapter on Rawls's later philosophy and the direction of post-Rawlsian philosophy. Including a chronology and suggestions for further reading, Understanding the Political Philosophers is an ideal introductory text for students taking courses in political philosophy or political theory.

Spis treści

Introduction: Why Study Political Philosophy?  Part 1: Athens  1. Socrates  2. Plato, The Republic  3. Aristotle  4. What Happened Next?  Part 2: Reason and Revolutions  5. Hobbes Goes to Paris  6. Hobbes, Raising the Great Leviathan  7. Locke and the Modern Order  8. Locke, the Argument for Property  9. Rousseau  Part 3: Modern Times, Modern Themes  10. After the Flood  11. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism and Liberalism  12. Marx  13. Rawls: Through Reason to Justice  14. In 'Theory's' Wake  15. Rawls: Constructing a 'Political' Liberalism  16.  Concluding Reflections.  Timeline  Notes  Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Alan Haworth is a Senior Research Associate of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and a Senior Fellow of London Metropolitan University’s Institute of Human Rights and Social Justice. He is the author of Anti-Libertarianism: Markets Philosophy and Myth (1994) and Free Speech (1998).