Fifty Major Political Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides)

by IanAdams (Author), R.W.Dyson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $41.86

  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.