Political Questions: Political Philosophy from Plato to Rawls - Softcover

Larry Arnhart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577662636 ISBN 13: 9781577662631

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Organized around a series of enduring and provocative political questions, this edition of Arnhart's engaging treatment of political thought features the works of thirteen philosophers ranging in scope from antiquity to the present: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Rawls. The questions presented are designed to illuminate issues in American politics while encouraging students to examine the nature and substance of their own political beliefs. Ideas from the natural and social sciences—including sociobiology, game theory, cultural anthropology, and developmental psychology—are introduced and applied to classic philosophical texts. Detailed notes provide references and sources.

Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Nelson, Western Political Thought: From Socrates to the Age of Ideology, Second Edition (ISBN 9781478627630).

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Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Abbott, Political Thought in America: Conversations and Debates, Fourth Edition (ISBN 9781577666271); Levy, Political Thought in America: An Anthology, Second Edition (ISBN 9780881336887); Machiavelli (trans. de Alvarez), The Prince (ISBN 9780881334449); and Riker, Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice (ISBN 9780881333671).

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1577662636
• ISBN 13: 9781577662631
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 362