An edition of A history of political thought
(1998)
A history of political thought
a thematic introduction
by Morrow, John Ph. D.
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A history of political thought: a thematic introduction
1998, New York University Press
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
Preface
List of 'Thinker' Boxes
Introduction
Periodisation
The focus of the Book
Western political thinking: a brief overview
Themes
Part I. The Ends of Politics
1. Politics and Order
Cooperative order in ancient political theory: Protagoras, Democritus, Plato and Aristotle
Negative and positive conceptions of order in medieval political theory: St Augustine and St Thomas Aquinas
Order and sovereignty in early modern political theory: Bodin, Grotius and Hobbes
Order, authoritarianism and totalitarianism in modern political theory: Carlyle, Maurras, Mussolini and Hitler
Cooperation and order in modern political theory: Rousseau, Kant and Green
Order without politics: Anarchism and Marxism
Conclusion
2. Politics and Virtue
Politics and virtue in ancient political theory: Plato and Aristotle
Virtue, politics and Christianity: Aquinas, Machiavelli, Luther, Calvin and radical protestantism
Virtue, perfection and freedom: Kant and the British idealists
Conclusion
3. Politics and Freedom
Freedom and politics in the classical republican tradition: Marsilius, Bartolus and Machiavelli
Politics and 'natural' liberty: Locke, Paine, J. S. Mill
Freedom, sociability and the state: Rousseau, Hegel and Green
Social freedom and the critique of state theory: Marx
Freedom and anarchy: Godwin, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Stirner, Warren and Tucker
Conclusion
4. Politics, Happiness and Welfare
Early utilitarianism: Paley, Saint-Pierre, Hume, Helvetius and Beccaria
Benthamite utilitarianism: Bentham, J. S. Mill, Sidgwick
The diffusion of utilitarianism: socialism and welfare
Conclusion
Part II. The Location of Political Authority: Who Should Rule?
5. Rule by a Single Person
Single-person rule in the ancient world: Plato, Aristotle and Cicero
Medieval ideas of monarchy--Early theories of kingship: Thomas Aquinas and Christine de Pizan
Monarchy in early modern political theory: Bodin, Hobbes, Filmer and Bossuet
Monarchy in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century political thought: Absolutists, Romantics, Maistre and Maurras
Presidents and dictators in modern political theory: Weber and Hitler
Conclusion
6. The Rule of the Few
The rule of the few in ancient political theory: Plato and Aristotle
Medieval and early modern conceptions of aristocracy: Aquinas, Machiavelli and Harrington
Hereditary aristocracy in modern political theory: Burke, Coleridge, Chateaubriand and Constant
Non-hereditary elites in modern political theory: J. S. Mill, Nietzsche, Mosca, Pareto, Blanqui and Lenin
Conclusion
7. The Rule of the Many
'The many' in ancient political theory: Protagoras, Democritus and Aristotle
'The many' in early modern political theory: classical republicans, radical Protestants and Levellers
Popular government in the age of the American and French Revolutions: Madison, Sieyes, Condorcet, Wollstonecraft, Thompson and Wheeler, Paine
Democracy in nineteenth-century political theory: James Mill, Constant, Tocqueville, J. S. Mill, Taylor, Green and Hobhouse
Socialism and democracy: Babeuf, Owen, Marx, Webb and Bernstein
Non-liberal theories of democracy in the twentieth century: 'people's' and 'Third World' democracy
Conclusion
Part III. The Exercise of Political Authority
8. The Sanctions of 'Nature'
The 'natural' in ancient political theory: Plato, Aristotle and Cicero
Medieval conceptions of natural law: canon and civil law, and Aquinas
Natural rights and unlimited government in early modern political theory: Suarez, Grotius, Hobbes and Pufendorf
Natural law, natural rights and limited government: Locke
The radical application of natural rights in eighteenth-century political theory: Rousseau, Condorcet, Paine, Wollstonecraft and Thelwall
Conclusion
9. Mixed Government, Balanced Constitutions and the Separation of Powers
Mixed government in ancient political theory: Plato, Aristotle, Polybius and Cicero
Mixed constitutions in early modern political theory: Marsilius, Guicciardini, Machiavelli and Harrington
Separation of powers in eighteenth-century and early-nineteenth-century political theory: Montesquieu, Madison, Sieyes and Constant
Conclusion
10. Absolute Government
Monarchical supremacy and the beginnings of absolutism: Seyssel
Legislative supremacy and absolute government: Bodin
Absolute sovereignty: Hobbes' Leviathan
Natural law, sociability and absolute government: Pufendorf
Absolute sovereignty and divine right monarchy: Filmer and Bossuet
Absolute sovereignty and utilitarianism: Saint-Pierre, Bentham and Austin
Conclusion
11. The Rule of Law and Rule-Bound Orders
The rule of law in ancient political theory: Plato and Aristotle
The rule of law in medieval and early modern political theory: 'Bracton', Aquinas, Marsilius, Seyssel and Hooker
Hume's rules of justice
The rule of law in eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century French and German theory: Montesquieu, Constant and the Rechsstaat
Hayek's rules of justice
Conclusion
Part IV. Challenging Political Authority
12. Resisting Unjust Rulers
Resistance in medieval political theory: Aquinas, John of Salisbury, William of Ockham and Marsilius
Resistance in early reformation political theory: Luther and Calvin
Resistance theory in the late sixteenth century: Beza, Hotman and Mornay
Popular sovereignty and resistance: Locke
Conclusion
13. Revolutionary Political Thought
Ancient, medieval and early-modern theories of revolution: Plato, Aristotle, radical Protestants and levellers
Natural rights and revolutionary political theory in late-eighteenth-century America and France: Otis, Sieyes and Babeuf
Marxist theories of revolution: Marx and Engels, Kautsky, Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Gramsci and Mao Tse-tung
Revolutionary anarchism and the critique of Marxism: Bakunin and Kropotkin
Decolonisation and revolutionary political theory: Fanon
Conclusion
14. Theories of Civil Disobedience and Non-Violent Resistance to Political Authority
Moral integrity and civil disobedience: Thoreau
Non-violent resistance and anticolonialism: Gandhi
Civil disobedience and just democracy: King
Conclusion
15. Conclusion: Some Contemporary Themes
Virtue and politics
Moral and political utilitarianism
Liberty, individualism and communitarianism
Liberal feminism
Natural rights, human rights and legal rights
Revolutionary fundamentalism
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index of Personal Names
Index of Subjects
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-406) and indexes.
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