Beschreibung:
Focusing on the historical context in which political theorists have developed their thinking, this text addresses a series of major thinkers in the context of the English, French and Industrial revolutions. Their ideas are assessed with reference to the politics of their time to show how they responded to these political events and issues.
1. Introduction Part 1: The English Civil War 2. Milton 3. Thomas Hobbes 4. Levellers and Diggers 5. Locke Part 2: Reason and Revolution 6. Montesquieu 7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau 8. The Federal Papers 9. Burke and Paine Part 3: The Industrial Era 10. John Stuart Mill 11. Marx 12. Bakunin Kropotkin and Proudhon 13. Conclusion