Political Theory: Classic and Contemporary ReadingsVolume II: Machiavelli to Rawls / Edition 2

by Joseph Losco, Leonard Williams

Overview

Political Theory presents a unique blend of selections from both classic and contemporary works in political theory. In two volumes, Political Theory covers key works in the history of political though from Thucydidies to Machiavelli (Volume One) and from Machiavelli to Rawls (Volume Two). Beyond the traditional canon, Political Theory also included works by such theorists as Christine de Pizan, Mary Wollstonecraft, Simone de Beauvoir, and Hannah Arendt. This modular, two-volume format will appeal both to instructors who want their students to read the classics as well as courses centered more on recent commentaries by scholars.

The core of each chapter is a primary source selection from a noted theorist, prefaced by a discussion of the theorist's continuing relevance to the study of political science. After each follows a readable scholarly commentary on the argument and ideas presented, as well as the significance of the theorist's ideas to understanding political life.

The new edition offers several noteworthy features:
* Expanded historical and biographical introductions
* New commentaries reflecting the latest scholarship
* Helpful summaries of the selections from classic works and contemporary commentaries
* Internet resources for students
* Suggestions for class discussion and activities

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195330236
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/10/2002
Series:	Political Theory
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	674
Product dimensions:	9.31(w) x 7.52(h) x 1.49(d)

About the Author

Ball State University

Manchester College

Table of Contents

Volume II: Machiavelli to RawlsPart I: Enter Modernity, Niccoló Machiavelli1. Excerpts from The Prince, Niccoló Machiavelli2. Excerpts from The Discourses, Niccoló Machiavelli3. Introduction to The Prince, Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr.4. Public Versus Private Claims: Machiavellianism From Another Perspective, John LeonardThomas Hobbes5. Excerpts from Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes6. Intending (Political) Obligation: Hobbes on the Voluntary Basis of Society, Gordon Schochet7. The Art of Government, Deborah Baumgold8. Excerpts from the Second Treatise on Government, John Locke9. Class and Politics, Richard Ashcraft10. Locke and Feminism on Private and Public Realms of Activity, Mary B. WalshJean-Jacques Rousseau11. Excerpts from Discourse on the Origins and Foundations of Inequality, Jean-Jacques Rousseau12. Excerpts from On the Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau13. Rousseau's General Will: Freedom of a Particular Kind, Patrick T. Riley14. Rousseau's Political Defense of the Sex-Roled Family, Penny Weiss and Anne Harper, Edmund Burke15. Excerpts from Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke16. Philosophy, Man, Society: Burkean Political Philosophy, Bruce Frohnen17. The French Revolution and the Crisis of European Civilization, James J. Conniff Mary Wollstonecraft18. Excerpts from Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft19. The Same Subject Continued, Virginia Sapiro20. The Radical Ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft, Susan FergusonPart II: The 19th Century and BeyondGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel21. Excerpts from The Philosophy of History, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel22. Excerpts from The Philosophy of Right, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel23. History and Politics, Charles Taylor24. The Basic Context and Structure of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Kenneth WestphalKarl Marx25. Excerpts from Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, Karl Marx26. Excerpts from The German Ideology, Karl Marx27. Excerpts from The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx28. Excerpts from Capital, Karl Marx29. Marx and the Engines of History, Steven Best30. Gone Fishing: Making Sense of Marx's Concept of Communism, William James BoothJohn Stuart Mill31. Excerpts from On Liberty, John Stuart Mill32. Excerpts from On the Subjection of Women, John Stuart Mill33. Excerpts from Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill34. J.S. Mill on Freedom and Power, Bruce Baum35. Marital Slavery and Friendship: John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women, Mary Lyndon ShanleyFriedrich Nietzsche36. Excerpts from Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche37. Excerpts from The Genealogy of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche38. Nietzsche on Autonomy and Morality: The Challenge to Political, Keith Ansell-Pearson39. The Postmodernist Politicization of Nietzsche, Ted SadlerSimone de Beauvoir40. Excerpts from The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir41. The Second Sex and Philosophy, Karen Vintges42. The Second Sex: From Marxism to Radical Feminism, Margaret A. Simons43. Excerpts from The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt44. The Critique of Power as Leverage, Lisa Jane Disch45. Hannah Arendt and Feminist Politics, Mary G. DietzJohn Rawls46. Excerpts from A Theory of Justice, John Rawls47. Excerpts from Political Liberalism, John Rawls48. A Theory of Justice, Chandran Kukathas and Philip Pettit49. Politics and the Public in Rawls' Political Liberalism, Elizabeth Frazer and Nicola Lacey