Modern / George Klosko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klosko, George.

Series:

History of political theory : an introduction ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--History.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (583 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History of Political Theory: An Introduction not only explores the great works of Western political theory but demonstrates their continuing relevance. Volume II traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary views. The work provides a readable, scholarly introduction to the great figures in Western political theory from Hobbes to Marx. Major theorists examined include Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau,Burke, Mill, and Marx, not only major figures in the liberal tradition but liberal political theory's most important critics. The

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Niccolò Machiavelli; 2. Thomas Hobbes; 3. John Locke and Liberal Political Theory; 4. David Hume; 5. Montesquieu; 6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau; 7. Edmund Burke and Conservative Political Theory; 8. Utilitarian Liberalism: Jeremy Bentham, James Mill, John Stuart Mill; 9. G. W. F. Hegel; 10. Karl Marx; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161228-6

1-299-19586-5

OCLC:

829460087