ISBN:
9780230545595
,
0230545580
,
9780230545588
,
0230545599
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 189 S.
,
24 cm
DDC:
320.01
Keywords:
Political science History
;
Political science Philosophy
;
History
;
Civilization, Western
;
Political science
;
Europe, Western
;
History
;
Westliche Welt
;
Politisches Denken
;
Geschichte Anfänge-2010
Abstract:
"This book provides a highly accessible narrative survey of political thought over the past two millenia. Exploring many key ideas in the Western tradition, it begins with the classic political thought of the ancient Greeks, it moves through the medieval and early Christian views of politics, and concludes by exploring the modern re-interpretation of political life"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Civil Society and Human Flourishing -- City States and Republics, c.400 BCE-400 -- Heavenly Mandates, 400-1500 -- The Emergence of the Sovereign State, 1500-1700 -- From Subject to Citizen, 1700-1815 -- Ideology and Equality, 1815-1914 -- Breakdown and Uncertainty, 1914-2010 -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Index.
Note:
Includes index
