Political philosophy / Steven B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Steven B., 1951-

Series:

Open Yale courses series

The Open Yale Courses Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy--History.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless of time and place. Today we ask the same crucial questions about law, authority, justice, and freedom that Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Tocqueville faced in previous centuries.In this lively and enlightening book, Professor Steven B. Smith introduces the wide terrain of political philosophy through the classic texts of the discipline. Works by the greatest thinkers illuminate the permanent problems of political life, Smith shows, and while we may not accept all their conclusions, it would be a mistake to overlook the relevance of their insights.

Contents:

Preface

Why political philosophy?

Antigone and the politics of conflict

Socrates and the examined life

Plato on justice and the human good

Aristotle's science of regime politics

The politics of the Bible

Machiavelli and the art of political founding

Hobbes's new science of politics

Locke and the art of constitutional government

Rousseau on civilization and its discontents

Tocqueville and the dilemmas of democracy

In defense of patriotism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9781283656528

1283656523

9780300189131

0300189133

OCLC:

813286413