TY - BOOK AU - Cohen,Martin TI - Political philosophy: from Plato to Mao SN - 9781849643016 AV - JA71 .C554 2008eb U1 - 320.5 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Pluto Press KW - Political science KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Ideologies KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Political KW - fast KW - Politische Philosophie KW - gnd KW - swd KW - Electronic books N1 - 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? N2 - --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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=247400 ER -