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A History of Western Political Thought
Contributor(s): McClelland, J. S. (Author)
ISBN: 0415119618     ISBN-13: 9780415119610
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $228.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 1996
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Annotation: The author traces the development and consolidation of a tradition of Western political thought from Ancient Greece through to the development of the modern state, the American Enlightenment, the rise of liberalism and the very different reactions it engendered,
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
- Political Science | International Relations - General
Dewey: 320.011
LCCN: 96170920
Physical Information: 1.95" H x 7.12" W x 9.97" (3.23 lbs) 824 pages
 
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A History of Western Political Thought is an energetic and lucid account of the most important political thinkers and the enduring themes of the last two and a half millennia. Written with students of the history of political thought in mind, the book:
* traces the development of political thought from Ancient Greece to the late twentieth century
* focuses on individual thinkers and texts
* includes 40 biographies of key political thinkers
* offers original views of theorists and highlights those which may have been unjustly neglected
* develops the wider themes of political thought and the relations between thinkers over time.