<p><span>Now in its fifth edition, </span><span>Politics: The Basics</span><span> explores the systems, movements and issues at the cutting edge of modern politics. A highly successful introduction to the world of politics, it offers clear and concise coverage of a range of issues and addresses fund
Politics:The Basics
β Scribed by Ian Adams, R.W. Dyson
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 264
- Series
- Routledge Key Guides
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The book is a comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, political concepts and ideas, the varieties of political systems, the main political movements and the core issues which will dominate politics in the twenty-first century.
β¦ Table of Contents
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
FIFTY MAJOR POLITICAL THINKERS......Page 12
PLATO (427β347 BCE)......Page 14
ARISTOTLE (384β322 BCE)......Page 22
CICERO (106β43 BCE)......Page 30
ST AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354β430)......Page 34
ST THOMAS AQUINAS (1225β74)......Page 40
NICOLΓ MACHIAVELLI (1469β1527)......Page 46
SIR THOMAS MORE (1478β1535)......Page 54
THOMAS HOBBES (1588β1679)......Page 57
JAMES HARRINGTON (1611β77)......Page 65
JOHN LOCKE (1632β1704)......Page 68
MONTESQUIEU (1689β1755)......Page 75
DAVID HUME (1711β76)......Page 79
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712β78)......Page 84
IMMANUEL KANT (1724β1804)......Page 91
EDMUND BURKE (1729β97)......Page 94
TOM PAINE (1737β1809)......Page 98
JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER (1744β1803)......Page 101
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759β97)......Page 104
WILLIAM GODWIN (1756β1836)......Page 107
G.W.F. HEGEL (1770β1831)......Page 110
JEREMY BENTHAM (1748β1832)......Page 117
βPUBLIUSβ AND THE FEDERALIST PAPERS......Page 122
CHARLES FOURIER (1772β1837) AND UTOPIAN SOCIALISM......Page 129
KARL MARX (1818β83)......Page 133
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE (1805β59)......Page 142
JOHN STUART MILL (1806β73)......Page 146
HERBERT SPENCER (1820β1903)......Page 151
T.H. GREEN (1836β82)......Page 154
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844β1900)......Page 157
PRINCE PETER KROPOTKIN (1842β1921) AND ANARCHISM......Page 162
GEORGES SOREL (1847β1922)......Page 166
EDUARD BERNSTEIN (1850β1932)......Page 169
MAX WEBER (1864β1920)......Page 175
VLADIMIR ILICH LENIN (1870β1924)......Page 181
BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883β1945) AND FASCISM......Page 185
CARL SCHMITT (1888-1985)......Page 191
HANNAH ARENDT (1906β75)......Page 195
SIR ISAIAH BERLIN (1909β97)......Page 198
FRIEDRICH VON HAYEK (1899β1992)......Page 201
MOHANDAS GANDHI (1869β1948)......Page 204
SIR KARL POPPER (1902β94)......Page 206
MICHAEL OAKESHOTT (1901β90)......Page 210
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1908β86) AND SECOND WAVE FEMINISM......Page 213
HERBERT MARCUSE (1898β1979) AND THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL......Page 217
FRANTZ FANON (1925β61)......Page 222
MICHEL FOUCAULT (1926β84)......Page 228
JOHN RAWLS (1921β2002)......Page 232
ROBERT NOZICK (1938β2002)......Page 236
JΓRGEN HABERMAS (1929β)......Page 239
JEAN-FRANΓOIS LYOTARD (1924β98)......Page 245
GLOSSARY......Page 250
INDEX......Page 261
β¦ Subjects
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