An Introduction to Political Philosophy

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Would a list of the most important works in political philosophy be complete without featuring the creator of one of the most influential political theories of all time?

An Introduction to Political Philosophy

First published in 1953 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd This editionfirstpublished in 2010 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX 14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the TaylorThis is a staple text on any political philosophy reading list. I always recommend it to my students." - Dr Sarah Fine, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge Exploring the institutions, operations, and techniques of totalitarian movements, Arendt’s 1951 The Origins of Totalitarianism focuses on two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our recent history — Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia — which she shrewdly establishes as two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. Many courses can be studied for credit which means they can count towards a recognised qualification. Undergraduate certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas. What are these types of courses? Flexible study

An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Paperback) - Waterstones An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Paperback) - Waterstones

Revised and updated to diversify the text throughout, in terms of the thinkers considered, the examples used, and the further reading recommended. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-08-02 02:01:43 Boxid IA40200007 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier But this goes in a slightly different direction as well. Not only is this study of the regime, as we’ve seen, as I’ve just tried to indicate, rooted in, in many ways, the practical experience of the thinkers we’ll be looking at; but the study of regime politics either implicitly or explicitly raises a question that goes beyond the boundary of any given society. A regime, as I’ve said, constitutes a people’s way of life, what they believe makes their life worth living, or to put it again slightly differently, what a people stand for. Although we are most familiar with the character of a modern democratic regime such as ours, the study of political philosophy is in many ways a kind of immersion into what we might call today comparative politics; that is to say it opens up to us the variety of regimes, each with its own distinctive set of claims or principles, each vying and potentially in conflict with all the others, okay? Underlying this cacophony of regimes is the question always, which of these regimes is best? What has or ought to have a claim on our loyalty and rational consent? Comparing and contrasting dominant and marginal voices, this is the only text to explore key political concepts through a truly diverse range of political thinkers.

5. The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli

An elegantly written introduction, structured by a topical approach to the field. While introducing canonical authors, the focus is on contemporary problems of political philosophy." - Dr Egbert Klautke, University College London, UK This does not, of course, mean that experience can in practice ever provide a logically valid proof of the 'uniformity of Nature*, but only that experience never reveals anything which is inconsistent with the assumption of that principle. Turning from introductions and anthologies to primary texts, where better to start than with a discussion of political philosophy that, though over two thousand years old, is one of the subject’s finest works and still drives discussion today? After the disastrous ideological experiments of the 20th century, German-born American political philosopher Hannah Arendt diagnoses where it all went wrong. From introductions and anthologies to grand political treatises from individual thinkers, this reading list is designed to provide you with a well-rounded view of the most important political contributions from philosophers down the ages.

An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Routledge Revivals) An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)

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