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Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including: Aristotle Simone de Beauvoir Michel Foucault Mohandas Gandhi Jurgen Habermas Machiavelli Karl Marx Thomas Paine Jean-Jacques Rousseau Mary Wollstonecraft. Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought.

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An easy to use A-Z guide to the ideas, lives and works of some of the most influential thinkers in political thought, this is essential reading for politics and philosophy students. Covers all major figures such as Aristotle, Karl Marx, Simone De Beauvoir, Machiavelli, Thomas Paine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Michel Foucault.

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Fifty Major Political Thinkers 2nd editionIan Adams and R.W. DysonPraise for the first edition:"This book provides a near comprehensive account of the key thinkers of the western tradition of political theory... from the Greek classics to contemporaries such as Habermas, Rawls and Nozick." Paul Kelly, London School of Economics"This book will be valuable to both the undergraduate who is new to the subject and to the general reader, as well as those academics wishing to brush up on this or that thinker." Stephen Eric Bronner, Rutgers UniversityNow in its second edition, Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the theorists who have shaped Western political thought, from the ancient world to the present day.Alongside new entries on such figures as Cicero, Franz Fanon and Carl Schmitt, other thinkers covered include:Hannah ArendtSimone de BeauvoirMohandas GandhiMachiavelliKarl MarxJohn Stuart MillThomas PaineJean-Jacques RousseauFully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of political thought across the ages.Ian Adams is Honorary Fellow at the University of DurhamR.W. Dyson is a Lecturer in the School of Government and International Affairs at the University of Durham.

Author Biography

Ian Adams is Honorary Fellow at the University of Durham R.W. Dyson is a Lecturer in the School of Government and International Affairs at the University of Durham.

Table of Contents

1. Plato 2. Aristotle 3. St Augustine of Hippo 4. John of Salisbury 5. St Thomas Aquinas 6. Marsilius of Padua 7. Machiavelli 8. Thomas More 9. Thomas Hobbes 10. James Harrington 11. John Locke 12. David Hume 13. Montesquieu 14. Jean-Jacques Rousseau 15. Immanuel Kant 16. Johann Gottfried Herder 17. Tom Paine 18. Edmund Burke 19. Mary Wollstonecraft 20. William Goodwin 21. G.F.W. Hegel 22. Jeremy Bentham 23. Fourier 24. Karl Marx 25. Alexis de Tocqueville 26. J.S. Mill 27. Herbert Spencer 28. T.H.Green 29. Friedrich Nietszche 30. Prince Peter Kropotkin 31. Georges Sorel 32. Eduard Bernstein 33. Vladimir Ilich Lenin 34. Max Weber 35. Marcus Garvey 36. Benito Mussolini 37. Hannah Arendt 38. Isaiah Berlin 39. Friedrich von Hayek 40. Mohandas Gandhi 41. Sir Karl Popper 42. Michael Oakeshott 43. Simone de Beauvoir 44. Herbert Marcuse 45. Michel Foucault 46. John Rawls 47. Arne Naess 48. Robert Nozick 49. Jurgen Habermas 50. Jean Francois Lyotard

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Fifty Major Political Thinkers 2nd edition introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including: Aristotle Simone de Beauvoir Michel Foucault Mohandas Gandhi Jurgen Habermas Machiavelli Karl Marx Thomas Paine Jean-Jacques Rousseau Mary Wollstonecraft Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought.

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