Citizens and Statesmen: A Study of Aristotle's Politics / Edition 1

by Mary P. Nichols Emerita Professor of Political Science at Baylor University

Overview

Well worth study and reflection both as a fresh interpretation of the ^RPolitics^I and as a critical assessment of contemporary scholarship on Aristotle and modern political theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847677030
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/22/1991
Series:	Perspectives on Classical Political and Social Thought
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.86(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Mary P. Nichols, Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, has written extensively on classical political theory and the history of political thought, including Socrates and the Political Community: An Ancient Debate (SUNY Press, 1987).

Editorial Reviews

A clear, thoughtful, and serious treatment of one of the truly fundamental texts of political philosophy.dddddd

Richard H. Cox

All of us who teach the Politics, no matter how many or how few times we have done it before, will teach the books better and with more pleasure having read Nichols. Citizens and Statesmenis a marvel of close reading combined with clarity and consummate accessibility.

American Political Science Review

Writing in a lucid, graceful prose, [Nichols] offers an original interpretation grounded in a close reading of the text.

Midwest Book Review

...excellent... It is the rare combination of responsibility to detail and broad comprehension that makes the book such a delight. ...of great value.

Ancient Philosophy

By far the best book-length study of the Politicsavailable in English.

Stephen Salkever

...remarkably successful at showing how Aristotle's thought sheds light on contemporary concerns without distorting either.

Delba Winthrop

Well worth study and reflection both as a fresh interpretation of the Politicsand as a critical assessment of contemporary scholarship on Aristotle and modern political theory.

Choice Reviews

Well worth study and reflection both as a fresh interpretation of the Politicsand as a critical assessment of contemporary scholarship on Aristotle and modern political theory.

Choice

Well worth study and reflection both as a fresh interpretation of the Politicsand as a critical assessment of contemporary scholarship on Aristotle and modern political theory.

CHOICE

...remarkably successful at showing how Aristotle's thought sheds light on contemporary concerns without distorting either.--Delba Winthrop, Harvard University

Well worth study and reflection both as a fresh interpretation of the ^RPolitics^I and as a critical assessment of contemporary scholarship on Aristotle and modern political theory.--CHOICE

All of us who teach the ^RPolitics^I, no matter how many or how few times we have done it before, will teach the books better and with more pleasure having read Nichols. ^RCitizens and Statesmen^I is a marvel of close reading combined with clarity and consummate accessibility.--American Political Science Review

From the Publisher

Writing in a lucid, graceful prose, [Nichols] offers an original interpretation grounded in a close reading of the text.

The Midwest Book Review