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How To Think Politically: Sages, Scholars And Statesmen Whose Ideas Have Shaped The World

How To Think Politically: Sages, Scholars And Statesmen Whose Ideas Have Shaped The World

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Author

Graham Garrard, James Bernard Murphy / Грэм Гаррард, Джеймс Бернард Мерфи

Dimension

135x216mm (5,3'x8,5')

ISBN

9781472961785

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Page Count

320

Publisher

Bloomsbury

Year of book publication

2019

How To Think Politically: Sages, Scholars And Statesmen Whose Ideas Have Shaped The World

A one-stop guide to the essential thinkers in political philosophy, from Confucius via Marx to Nussbaum, this book shines the light of political reason into the darkest corners of our troubled modern times.

'A wonderful introduction to history’s most influential scribblers' Steven PinkerWhat is truly at stake in politics? Nothing less than how we should live, as individuals and as communities. This book goes beyond the surface headlines, the fake news and the hysteria to explore the timeless questions posed and answers offered by a diverse group of the 30 greatest political thinkers who have ever lived. Are we political, economic, or religious animals? Should we live in small city-states, nations, or multinational empires? What values should politics promote? Should wealth be owned privately or in common? Do animals also have rights? There is no idea too radical for this global assortment of thinkers, which includes: Confucius; Plato; Augustine; Machiavelli; Burke; Wollstonecraft; Marx; Nietzsche; Gandhi; Qutb; Arendt; Nussbaum, Naess and Rawls. In each brief chapter, the authors paint a vivid portrait of these often prescient, always compelling political thinkers, showing how their ideas grew out of their own dramatic lives and times and evolved beyond them. Now more than ever we need to be reminded that politics can be a noble, inspiring and civilising art. And if we want to understand today’s political world, we need to understand the foundations of politics and its architects. This is the perfect guide to both.

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Author:Graham Garrard, James Bernard Murphy - Грэм Гаррард, Джеймс Бернард Мерфи

Publisher:Bloomsbury

Language:English

Publication Date:2019

Number of pages:320 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:135 mm / 5,3'

Height:216 mm / 8,5'

Weight:356 g

ISBN:9781472961785

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