The Oxford Handbook of the History of Political Philosophy

Description

Fifty distinguished contributors survey the entire history of political philosophy. They consider questions about how the subject should best be studied; they examine historical periods and great theorists in their intellectual contexts; and they discuss aspects of the subject that transcend periods, such as democracy, the state, and imperialism.

• An excellent line-up of international contributors
• The most comprehensive and authoritative guide available
• Covers all aspects of the history of political philosophy

About the Author(s)

Edited by George Klosko, University of Virginia

George Klosko is Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. He works in both normative political theory and the history of political theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I Approaches
1:The Contextual Approach, Mark Bevir
2:The Straussian Approach, Catherine Zuckert
3:Postmodern Approaches to the History of Political Thought, Joshua Dienstag
4:The Value of the History of Political Philosophy, Terence Ball
5:History of Political Philosophy as Discipline, John Gunnell
II Chronological Periods
6:The Origins of Political Philosophy, Danielle Allen
7:Classical Political Philosophy: Plato & Aristotle, Daniel Devereux
8:Hellenistic Political Theory, Phillip Mitsis
9:Early Christian Political Philosophy, Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe
10:Influence of Roman Law, Donald Kelley
11:Arabic Contributions to Medieval Political Theory, Charles Butterworth
12:Medieval Political Theory c. 1000-1500, Janet Coleman
13:Renaissance Political Philosophy, Mikael Hörnqvist
14:Political Thought in the Age of the Reformation, Michael Baylor
15:The School of Salamanca, Anthony Pagden
16:The Early Modern Foundations of Classic Liberalism, Jeffrey Collins
17:Absolutism, Mark Goldie
18:Enlightenment Political Philosophy, Richard Whatmore
19:Scottish Enlightenment, Neil McArthur
20:Early Nineteenth-Century Liberalism, Jeremy Jennings
21:German Idealism, Paul Redding
22:Socialism, Jonathan Beecher
23:Marxian Tradition, Terrell Carver
24:Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Liberalism, David Weinstein
25:Political Philosophy and the Idea of a Social Science, Peter Lassman
26:Contemporary Political Philosophy: Anglo-American, George Klosko
27:Contemporary Continental Political Thought, Stephen White
28:Political Philosophy in a Globalizing World, Terry Nardin
III Themes
29:Democracy, Mark Warren
30:Rights, Kenneth Pennington
31:The State, Christopher W. Morris
32:Sovereignty, Daniel Philpott
33:The Social Contract (Contract of Government), Johann Sommerville
34:Citizenship, Richard Bellamy
35:Property, David Schmidtz
36:Equality, Jonathan Wolff
37:Freedom, Raymond Plant
38:Douglass and Hobbes on Fear, Imagination, and Slavery, Bernard Boxill
39:Imperialism, Krishan Kumar
40:The Idea of the Welfare State, Donald Moon
41:Libertarianism, Eric Mack
42:Religious Toleration, Perez Zagorin
43:Republicanism, Richard Dagger
44:Political Obligation, George Klosko
45:Anarchism, Marshall Shatz
46:Feminism, Nancy Hirschmann
47:Animal Rights and Political Theory, Julian Franklin
IV Non-Western Perspectives
48:Confucian Political Philosophy, David Wong
49:The Muslim Tradition of Political Philosophy, Shahrough Ahkavi
50:Hindu Political Philosophy, Dennis Dalton