International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought: International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought
Hannah Arendt
1st Edition
Edited
By Amy Allen
April 28, 2008
Hannah Arendt was one of the most original and influential social and political theorists of the 20th century. This volume brings together the most important English-language essays of the past 30 years on Arendt's unique and lasting contributions to social and political philosophy....
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1st Edition
Edited
By Timothy O'Hagan
November 28, 2007
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was hailed by Claude Lévi-Strauss as "the founder of the sciences of man". This collection of fourteen classic papers devoted to his work addresses the points of intersection between the moral and the political, the personal and the social. The volume is divided ...
Jean Bodin
1st Edition
Edited
By Julian H. Franklin
October 28, 2006
In the course of a lifetime, Jean Bodin aimed at nothing less than to encompass all the disciplines of his age in a huge encyclopedia of knowledge. In many areas, his ideas have been not only original but seminal. He made major contributions to historiography, philosophy of history, economics, ...
Thomas Aquinas
1st Edition
Edited
By John Inglis
October 28, 2006
This volume contains the seminal articles that define the influence of Aquinas within legal philosophical thought. A comprehensive reference for those new to the field, it covers such topics as the relation of virtue to law, the common good, natural law, natural rights and property rights; together...
Max Weber
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Lassman
August 28, 2006
This volume contains key writings, mainly recent, that define the current debate concerning our understanding of the nature of Max Weber's social and political thought. Topics covered include the interpretation of his central concepts; problems of method; meaning and value; liberalism, nationalism ...
Martin Heidegger
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen Mulhall
August 23, 2006
Although Heidegger's writings are not extensively concerned with the analysis of political concepts or with advocating particular arrangements of political institutions, his basic way of understanding the human relation to the world accords a constitutive significance to its social, cultural and ...