Derek Matravers, Jonathan Pike, Nigel Warburton

Reading Political Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

Machiavelli to Mill

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This clear and thorough introduction provides students with the skills necessary to understand the main thinkers, texts and arguments of political philosophy and thought. Each chapter comprises a brief overview of a major political thinker, followed by an introduction to one or more of their most influential works and an introduction to key secondary readings.
Key features include:
* exercises
* reading notes
* guides for further reading
The book introduces and assesses: Machiavelli's Prince; Hobbes' Leviathan; Locke's Second Treatise on Government; Rousseau's Social Contract; Marx and Engels' German Ideology (Part 1); Mill's On Liberty and The Subjection of Women. Reading Political Philosophy requires no previous knowledge of philosophy or politics and is ideal for newcomers to political philosophy and political thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134692309
• Artikelnr.: 40860136

Autorenporträt

Nigel Warburton is lecturer in philosophy at the Open University. He is author of the bestsellers Philosophy: The Basics; Thinking from A-Z; Philosophy: the Classics; Philosophy: Basic Readings, and Freedom: An Introduction with readings, all published by Routledge.
Derek Matravers is senior lecturer in philosophy at the Open University. He is the author of Art and Emotion (1998).
Jon Pike is staff tutor in Philosophy at the Open University. He is the author of From Aristotle to Marx (1999).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1. Niccolò Machiavelli: 'The Prince' - Nigel Warburton
with readings from Quentin Skinner
Maureen Ramsey
Isaiah Berlin
C.A.J. Cody Chapter 2. Thomas Hobbes: 'Leviathan' - Jon Pike
with readings from C.B. Macpherson
Quentin Skinner
Jean Hampton
Carol Pateman Chapter 3. John Locke: 'The Second Treatise of Government' - Jon Pike
with readings from David Hume
Jean Hampton
Jeremy Waldron
A. John Simmons Chapter 4. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 'The Social Contract' - Derek Matravers
with readings from John C. Hall
Brian Barry
N.J.H. Dent
Isaiah Berlin Chapter 5. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: 'The German Ideology (Part 1)' - Derek Matravers
with readings from Jonathan Wolff
Jon Pike
G.A. Cohen
Will Kymlicka Chapter 6. John Stuart Mill: 'On Liberty and The Subjection of Women' - Nigel Warburton
with readings from Isaiah Berlin
Gerald Dworkin
Janet Radcliffe
Richards
Mary Lyndon Shanley