Steven M. Delue, Timothy M. Dale

Political Thinking, Political Theory, and Civil Society (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of Political Thinking, Political Theory, and Civil Society presents a comprehensive overview of the Western tradition of political thought that approaches concepts with the aim of helping readers develop their own political thinking and critical thinking skills.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000376524
• Artikelnr.: 61281924

Autorenporträt

Steven M. DeLue is Professor Emeritus at Miami University of Ohio.

Timothy M. Dale is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Importance of a Civil Society Part 1: Civil Society in
the Classical and Religious Traditions 2. Plato: Civic Virtue and the Just
Society 3. Aristotle's Response to Plato: The Importance of Friendship 43
4. Christian Conceptions of Civic Virtue 5. Elements of Islamic and Jewish
Medieval Political Thought Part 2: Early Modern Approaches to Civil Society
6. Niccolò Machiavelli: Civic Virtue and Civil Society 7. Thomas Hobbes and
Modern Civil Society 8. Benedict Spinoza and Liberal Democracy 9. John
Locke, Civil Society, and the Constrained Majority 10. Jean-Jacques
Rousseau: Community and Civil Society Part 3: Late Modern and Contemporary
Approaches to Civil Society 11. Immanuel Kant: Civil Society and
International Order 12. G. W. F. Hegel: Civil Society and the State 13.
Karl Marx and the Economic Argument about Civil Society 14. John Stuart
Mill: Civil Society as a Higher Calling 15. John Rawls: The Just and Fair
Civil Society 16. The Conservative View: Edmund Burke, Alexis de
Tocqueville, and Michael Oakeshott Part 4: Critiques of Civil Society 17.
The Critique of Power in Civil Society: Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel
Foucault 18. Feminism, Gender Equality, and Civil Society 19. 21st Century
Challenges for Civil Society: Culture, Religion, and Climate Change 20.
Civil Society, Liberal Democracy, and Racial Injustice: A Political Theory
Informed by the Black Experience in America