The Political Classics: A Guide to the Essential Texts from Plato to Rousseau

Forsythe, Murray & Keens-Soper, Maurice (editors)

ISBN 10: 0192852825 / ISBN 13: 9780192852823

Published by Oxford University Press, 1993

About this Item

205 pp, Cover is beige with grey lettering and red block top front with black/white lettering on front and spine - book feels unread; no visible wear (see photos provided). These essays are designed for students of political philosophy who are approaching the great texts of the past for the first time. No notations, underlining or highlighting. Prompt shipping includes tracking.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1770327276499

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Political Classics: A Guide to the Essential Texts from Plato to Rousseau
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192852825
• ISBN 13: 9780192852823
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 0.61W x 7.75H x 5.06D inches 0.61 inches width by 7.75 inches height by 5.06 inches depth
• Weight: 0.159 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

These essays are designed for students of political philosophy who are approaching the great texts of the past for the first time. Intended to help students find their way into the texts and get the most from them, while encouraging further exploration, the essays offer selective interpretation of setting, form, and content in clear, straightforward language. Texts discussed are Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics, Augustine's City of God, Machiavelli's Prince and Discourses, Hobbes's Leviathan, Locke's Second Treatise of Government, and Rousseau's Social Contract.

About the Author

Murray Forsyth and Maurice Keens-Soper are both at the University of Leicester.