An introduction to political thought : a conceptual toolkit /: a conceptual toolkit. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peri Roberts and Peter Sutch.
• Other Names: Roberts, Peri; Sutch, Peter, 1971-
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL: The Nature of Political Thought / CONCEPTUAL: Conceptual Tools for Everyday Living; SECTION I -- CLASSICAL ORIGINS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT; CHAPTER ONE -- HISTORICAL: Plato / CONCEPTUAL: Is There a Universal Moral Order?; CHAPTER TWO -- HISTORICAL: Aristotle / CONCEPTUAL: Is Politics Natural?; SECTION II -- MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN POLITICAL THOUGHT; CHAPTER THREE -- HISTORICAL: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau / CONCEPTUAL: Liberty and Human Nature: What is Freedom? CHAPTER FOUR -- HISTORICAL: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau II / CONCEPTUAL: The Social Contract and the Artificiality of the StateCHAPTER FIVE -- HISTORICAL: Owen and Marx / CONCEPTUAL: Socialism and the Artificiality of Man; SECTION III -- CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDINGS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT; CHAPTER SIX -- HISTORICAL: Bentham, Utilitarianism and Rights / CONCEPTUAL: How Do We Take People Seriously?; CHAPTER SEVEN -- HISTORICAL: Rawls, Cohen, Nozick and Walzer / CONCEPTUAL: Distributive Justice. CHAPTER EIGHT -- HISTORICAL: Rawls II, Kymlicka and Parekh / CONCEPTUAL: Liberalism and the Challenge of MulticulturalismSECTION IV -- CHALLENGES TO UNIVERSALISM AND FOUNDATIONALISM; CHAPTER NINE -- HISTORICAL: The Internationalisation of Political Thought / CONCEPTUAL: Universal Principles in a Society of States; CHAPTER TEN -- HISTORICAL: Burke and Oakeshott / CONCEPTUAL: Conservatism: Reason vs Tradition; CHAPTER ELEVEN -- HISTORICAL: Feminism and Antifoundationalism / CONCEPTUAL: What's Wrong with Universal Justice? AFTERWORD -- HISTORICAL: Afterword / CONCEPTUAL: Current Engagements in Political ThoughtIndex.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 340 pages)
• Subjects: 320; Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Political science; Politisk teori; Politisk filosofi; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748644001; 0748644008; 9780748664818; 0748664815; 0748664823; 9780748664825
• Related ISBNs: 9780748643998; 0748643990; 9780748643981; 0748643982; 9780748664825
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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