Antony Black

A World History of Ancient Political Thought

A World History of Ancient Political Thought: Its Significance and Consequences

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the political thought of China, Greece, Israel, Rome, India, Iran, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and also early Christianity. Each of these had its own priorities, based on a religious and philosophical perspective. This led to different ideas about who should govern, how to govern, and what government was for.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199281695
• ISBN-10: 0199281696
• Artikelnr.: 25446576

Autorenporträt

Antony Black is Professor Emeritus in the History of Political Thought, School of Humanities, University of Dundee. He was Lecturer in Politics at University of Dundee from 1963 until retirement in 2000. 1975-76 Visiting Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Administration, The American University, Washington DC., USA. 1980-81 Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield Foundation. March-April 1993 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Jurisprudence, University of Trento, Italy. 1993-7. Head of Dept. of Politics 1995-9 Book Review Editor of Early Modern History: Contacts, Contrasts and Comparisons (Brill).

Inhaltsangabe

Glossary
Abbreviations
Time chart
Introduction
1.: Early Communities and States
2.: Egypt
3.: Mesopotamia, Assyria, Babylon
4.: Iran
5.: Israel
6.: India
7.: China
8.: The Greeks
9.: Rome
10.: Greco-Roman Humanism
11.: The Kingdom of heaven and the church of Christ
12.: Themes: similarities and differences between cultures
13.: Conclusion
Index