AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THOUGHT by Peri Roberts, Peter Sutch ( 9780748643981 )

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AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THOUGHT
A CONCEPTUAL TOOLKIT

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Peri Roberts, Peter Sutch

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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 February, 2012

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

352

Description:

This textbook, now in its second edition, is designed to equip students with a basic 'conceptual toolkit' for the study of political thought: (i) a basic political vocabulary, (ii) a conceptual vocabulary and (iii) an historical vocabulary.

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New for this edition * New chapter on international political thought This textbook gives you all the vocabulary you need -- political, conceptual and historical -- to engage confidently and deeply with political thought and the moral and political worlds in which we live. It traces the history of political thought from Plato and Aristotle to Benhabib and Rorty, following a unique dual structure that introduces key thinkers and core concepts. Topics covered include: Universal moral order o liberty o political freedom o the state o socialism o utilitarianism o distributive justice o group politics o multiculturalism o international political theory o conservatism o feminism o postmodernism o global justice Thinkers covered include: Plato o Aristotle o Hobbes o Locke o Rousseau o Marx o Bentham o Rawls o Nozick o Walzer o Kymlicka o Parekh o Pogge o Hume o Burke o Oakeshott o Benhabib o Phillips o Modood o Rorty

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