Understanding the political philosophers : from ancient to modern times / Alan Haworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haworth, Alan, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

x, 335 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

Understanding the Political Philosophers is an absorbing and accessible introduction to the major philosophers and core texts of western political philosophy.

Organised historically-beginning with Socrates and Plato, and concluding with post-Rawlsian theory-Alan Haworth presents the key ideas and development with clarity and depth. Each chapter provides a concentrated study of a give thinkers and together they constitute a broad account of the main arguments in political philosophy.

There are chapters on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes Locke, Rousseau, the Utilitarians, Marx, and Rawls' early work. This revised second edition has been brought fully up-to-date, and includes expanded coverage of the period from the death of Aristotle to the sixteenth century, as well as a new chapter on Rawls' later philosophy and the direction of post-Rawlsian philosophy

Including a chronology and suggestions for further reading, Understanding the Political Philosophers is an ideal introduction text for students taking courses in political philosophy or political theory: Book jacket.

Contents:

Socrates

Plato, The Republic

Aristotle

What happened next?

Hobbes goes to Paris

Hobbes: raising the great Leviathan

Locke and the modern order

Locke: the property argument

Rousseau

After the flood

John Stuart Mill: utilitarianism and liberalism

Marx

Rawls: through reason to justice

In "theory"'s wake

Rawls: constructing a "political" liberalism

Concluding reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415685368

0415685362

9780415685375

0415685370

9780203121788

0203121783

OCLC:

758098947