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Political philosophy : from Plato to Mao / Martin Cohen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (x, 334 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849643016
  • 1849643016
  • 9786612005978
  • 6612005971
  • 1282005979
  • 9781282005976
  • 1435690702
  • 9781435690707
  • 0745324703
  • 9780745324708
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political philosophy.DDC classification:
  • 320.5 22
LOC classification:
  • JA71 .C554 2008eb
Other classification:
  • CC 7700
  • CC 7800
  • MC 1000
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Contents:
Prologue : the story of human society -- Plato's vegetarian republic -- Confucius' polite society -- Aristotle and the hierarchy of nature -- Mohammed's message of doom -- Machiavelli's psychopathic state -- Hobbes' wicked world -- Locke's feudal freedom -- Rousseau's ode to liberty -- The founding fathers' constitutional recipe -- Mr. Smith's excellent inquiry into money -- Marx's messianic materialism -- Mill's optimistic liberalism -- Durkheim's strange science -- The philosophical dance with fascism -- Hitler's doctrine of hate -- Mao's little red book -- Epilogue : the end of history?
Summary: --A revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed introduction to political thought--'Reliable and fair... Clear, relaxed, jargon-free and often attractively witty.' The Philosopher'A handbook of the history of political philosophy.' CHOICEThe.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-318) and index.

Prologue : the story of human society -- Plato's vegetarian republic -- Confucius' polite society -- Aristotle and the hierarchy of nature -- Mohammed's message of doom -- Machiavelli's psychopathic state -- Hobbes' wicked world -- Locke's feudal freedom -- Rousseau's ode to liberty -- The founding fathers' constitutional recipe -- Mr. Smith's excellent inquiry into money -- Marx's messianic materialism -- Mill's optimistic liberalism -- Durkheim's strange science -- The philosophical dance with fascism -- Hitler's doctrine of hate -- Mao's little red book -- Epilogue : the end of history?

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--A revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed introduction to political thought--'Reliable and fair... Clear, relaxed, jargon-free and often attractively witty.' The Philosopher'A handbook of the history of political philosophy.' CHOICEThe.

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