Political theorists in context

By:

Sparks, Chris

Contributor(s):

Isaacs, Stuart

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Routledge; 2010Description: 260 pISBN:

9780415201261

Subject(s):

Political thought

DDC classification:

320.0922 SPA

Summary: Focusing on the historical context in which political theorists have developed their thinking, this textbook provides an invaluable introduction to students of political thought. The authors address a series of canonical major thinkers in the context of three world-changing epochs: the English, French and Industrial revolutions. The theorists' ideas are assessed with reference to the politics of their time and show how they responded to, or interacted with, the political events and issues of their day. Contents: PART I A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION 1 John Milton 2 The Levellers and the Diggers 3 Thomas Hobbes 4 John Locke PART II REASON AND REVOLT: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 5 Montesquieu 6 Jean Jacques Rousseau 7 Edmund Burke PART III ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 8 John Stuart Mill 9 Karl Marx 10 Mikhail Bakunin and the anarchists

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Focusing on the historical context in which political theorists have developed their thinking, this textbook provides an invaluable introduction to students of political thought. The authors address a series of canonical major thinkers in the context of three world-changing epochs: the English, French and Industrial revolutions. The theorists' ideas are assessed with reference to the politics of their time and show how they responded to, or interacted with, the political events and issues of their day.

Contents:

PART I A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION

1 John Milton
2 The Levellers and the Diggers
3 Thomas Hobbes
4 John Locke

PART II REASON AND REVOLT: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

5 Montesquieu
6 Jean Jacques Rousseau
7 Edmund Burke

PART III ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

8 John Stuart Mill
9 Karl Marx
10 Mikhail Bakunin and the anarchists

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