Comparative Political Philosophy

Studies under the Upas Tree
Herausgeber: Keith, Ronald C.; Parel, Anthony J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Lexington Books edition of Comparative Political Philosophy brings back into print a volume that was one of the first to move beyond a Eurocentric bias in the study of political philosophy and provide a well-balanced critique of the perilous transition from tradition to modernity. The book is evidence of the benefits to be reaped from comparison, from a reading of Aristotle together with the Arthashastra, of Mahatma Gandhi with Eric Voegelin, of Voltaire with Confucius. Focusing on key texts from Chinese, Indian, Western and Islamic political philosophy, chapter authors both describe the very different contexts from which philosophic traditions arose and discover basic tenets they have in common. In a new introduction, editors Anthony J. Parel and Ronald C. Keith discuss the changes in political contexts since the book's first publication, and they underscore the increasing importance of the comparative approach.

Produktdetails

• Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• 2nd
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780739106105
• ISBN-10: 0739106104
• Artikelnr.: 22773147

Autorenporträt

Edited by Anthony J. Parel and Ronald C. Keith - Contributions by Barry Cooper; Anthony Parel; K J. Shah; Majid Tehranian and Robert X. Ware

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Second Edition Chapter 2 The Comparative
Study of Political Philosophy Chapter 3 Classical Western Political
Philosophy Chapter 4 Modern Western Political Philosophy Chapter 5 Law and
Society in Confucian Thought Chapter 6 Mao Zedong and His Political Thought
Chapter 7 What Good is Democracy? The Alternatives in China and the West
Chapter 8 Of Artha and the Arthasastra Chapter 9 Mahatma Gandhi's Critique
of Modernity Chapter 10 Farabi and Greek Political Philosophy Chapter 11
Khomeini's Doctrine of Legitimacy