Political Thinkers

From Socrates to the Present

Second Edition

Edited by David Boucher and Paul Kelly

Excellent breadth and depth, giving students a comprehensive overview of Western political thought in one text.
Carefully edited contributions from international experts, providing students with authoritative and accessible content.

New to this Edition:

Additional chapters on Kant and Cicero.
Part introductions pinpointing common themes between thinkers
End-of-chapter questions.
Annotated further reading.

Political Thinkers

From Socrates to the Present

Second Edition

Edited by David Boucher and Paul Kelly

Description

Political Thinkers provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Western political thought written by a team of internationally renowned scholars. This collection provides an overview of the canon of great theorists, from Socrates and the Sophists to contemporary thinkers such as Habermas and Foucault.

The second edition includes two new chapters on Cicero and Kant.

Political Thinkers

From Socrates to the Present

Second Edition

Edited by David Boucher and Paul Kelly

1: Introduction, David Boucher and Paul Kelly
Part I: The Polis
2: The Sophists, Peter Nicholson
3: Socrates, Fred Rosen
4: Plato, C.D.C. Reeve
5: Aristotle, Tony Burns
6: Cicero, Cary J. Nederman
Part II: The Two Kingdoms
7: St Augustine, Jean Bethke Elshtain
8: Aquinas, Joseph Canning
9: Marsiglio of Padua, Cary J. Nederman
10: Machiavelli, Joseph V. Femia
Part III: The Rationalist Enlightenment
11: Hobbes, Deborah Baumgold
12: Locke, Jeremy Waldron
13: Hume, Paul Kelly
14: Montesquieu, Yoshie Kawade
15: Rousseau, David Boucher
16: The Federalist Papers, Terence Ball
17: Wollstonecraft, Carole Pateman
18: Tocqueville, Cheryl Welch
19: Bentham, Paul Kelly
20: J.S. Mill on Liberty, Paul Kelly
21: J.S. Mill on the Subjection of Women, Jennifer Ring
Part IV: The Counter-Enlightenment
22: Kant, Katrin Flikschuh
23: Burke, David Boucher
24: Hegel, Alan Patten
25: The Early Marx, Lawrence Wilde
26: Marx and Engels, Paul Thomas
27: Nietzsche, Nathan Widder
Part V: The Twentieth Century
28: Oakeshott, David Boucher
29: Habermas, Kenneth Baynes
30: Rawls, Rex Martin
31: Foucault, Paul Patton

Political Thinkers

From Socrates to the Present

Second Edition

Edited by David Boucher and Paul Kelly

Author Information

Edited by David Boucher, Professor of Political Theory, Cardiff University, and Paul Kelly, Professor of Political Theory, London School of Economics

Contributors:

David Boucher, School of European Studies, Cardiff University
Paul Kelly, Department of Political Science, LSE
Peter Nicholson
Fred Rosen, Faculty of Laws, UCL
C.D.C. Reeve, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina
Tony Burns, Department of Politics, Nottingham Trent University
Cary J. Nederman, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Divinity School, University of Chicago
Joseph Canning, School of History and Welsh History, Bangor University
Joseph V. Femia, School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool
Deborah Baumgold, Political Science, University of Oregon
Jeremy Waldron, School of Law, New York University
Yoshie Kawade, Faculty of Law, Tokyo University
Terence Ball, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University
Carole Pateman, School of European Studies, Cardiff University
Cheryl Welch, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University
Jennifer Ring, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada
Katrin Flikschuh, Department of Government, LSE
Alan Patten, Department of Politics, Princeton University
Lawrence Wilde, Division of Sociology, Politics and International Relations, Nottingham Trent University
Paul Thomas, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Nathan Widder, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway
Kenneth Baynes, Philosophy Department, Syracuse University
Rex Martin, Department of Philosophy, Kansas University
Paul Patton, of School of Philosophy, University of Sydney