TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mukherjee, Subrata. | Ramaswamy, Sushila.
TI  - A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx 
SN  - 9788120343894
U1  - 320.01 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Delhi
PB  - PHI Learning Private Limited
N1  - 1. What is Political.?;
2. Plato;
3. Aristotle;
4. Niccolo machiavelli;
5. Thomas hobbes;
6. John locke;
7. Jean jacques roussea;
8. Immanuel kant;
9. Edmund burke;
10. Jeremy bentham;
11. Mary wollstonecraft;
12. George wilhelm friedrich hegel;
13. John stuart mill;
14. Karl marx
N2  - This lucidly written text, in its second edition, continues to provide a comprehensive study of the classical political tradition from Plato to Marx. The book elucidates the fascinating evolution of the history of political ideas, through the works of thirteen key political thinkers - which includes Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hegel and Marx.
The text highlight the decline and revival of classical political theory and portrays the clash of universalism vs. localism in the classical tradition. It focuses on the recent interpretations of the classical texts, for instance,feasibility of the ideal state in Plato; civic humanism and republicanism in Machiavelli; the radicalism of Locke, and the contributions to the women's cause by John stuart mill.
The text is intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of political science of various universities, and for all those who are appearing for the civil services examination.
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