J. S. McClelland, J S Mcclelland

A History of Western Political Thought (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"A History of Western Political Thought" traces the development and consolidation of a tradition of Western political thought from ancient Greece through to the development of the modern state, the American Enlightenment, the rise of liberalism and the very different reactions it engendered. McClelland's definition of politics encompasses both power wielded from above and power threatened from below. The sustained pursuit of this theme leads him to present an original and often controversial view of the theorists of the received canon and to add some writers to that canon whom he feels have been unjustly neglected. "A History of Western Political Thought" will inform, challenge, provoke and entertain any reader interested in what people have had to say about politics in the last two and a half thousand years and why it matters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 824
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134812103
• Artikelnr.: 42710450

Autorenporträt

J. S. McClelland is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham. He has held visiting posts at the University of Indiana at Bloomington and Sacramental State University, California. His previous publications include The French Right: From De Maistre to Maurras and The Crowd: From Plato to Canetti.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Biographies. Foreword. Part I: The Greeks Part II: Romans and Roman
Catholics: From Polis to Cosmopolis Part III: Romans and Humanists: the
Reinvention of Sovereignty Part IV: The Theory of the Social Contract Part
V: Enlightenment and the Development of the Modern State Part VI: The Rise
of Liberalism Part VII: Reactions to Liberalism 2 Part VIII: Reactions to
Liberalism 3 Notes. Index.