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Title Classics of modern political theory : Machiavelli to Mill / edited by Steven M. Cahn.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Description viii, 1022 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Prince ; Discourses (selections) / Niccolò Machiavelli -- Leviathan (selections) / Thomas Hobbes -- Theologico-political treatise (chaps. XVI, XX) / Baruch Spinoza -- Second treatise of government ; Letter concerning toleration / John Locke -- The spirit of the laws (selections) / Montesquieu -- Discourse on the origin of inequality ; Of the social contract / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- An enquiry concerning the principles of morals (sec. III) ; "Of parties in general" ; "Of the original contract" ; "Of the origin of government" / David Hume -- The theory of moral sentiments (pt. IV) ; The wealth of nations (selections) / Adam Smith -- On the old saw : that may be right in theory but it won't work in practice (pts. II, III) ; Perpetual peace / Immanuel Kant -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Constitution of the United States -- The Federalist papers (selections) -- The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen -- Reflections on the revolution in France (selections) / Edmund Burke -- Principles of legislation (selections) / Jeremy Bentham -- Democracy in America (Vol. I: chaps 6,7) / Alexis de Tocqueville.
Philosophy of right (Introduction; Third part) / Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel -- Economic and philosophic manuscripts of 1844 (selections) ; The German ideology (selections) ; Manifesto of the Communist party ; A contribution to the critique of political economy (preface) ; Value, price and profit (chaps. VI-XI) ; Socialism : Utopian and scientific / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- On liberty ; Considerations on representative government (chap. 3) ; The subjection of women (chap. 1) / John Stuart Mill.
Summary Classics of Modern Political Theory: Machiavelli to Mill brings together the complete texts or substantial selections from the masterpieces of modern political theory. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, this volume includes well-known works by Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx, and significant contributions by Spinoza, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, Kant, Burke, Bentham, and Tocqueville. A distinctive feature is the inclusion of the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and numerous papers from The Federalist. An extended introduction to each author's writings, provided by a renowned authority on the subject, features biographical data, philosophical commentary, and bibliographical guides. Ideal for courses in political philosophy and intellectual history, as well as surveys of Western Civilization, the book presents the most influential authors and ideas that have shaped modern political thought.
Subject Political science -- History.
Political science -- History -- Sources.
Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
Politische Theorie (DE-588)4046563-9
Quelle (DE-588)4135952-5
Politieke filosofie.
Theorieën.
Politische Theorie.
Quelle.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Added Author Cahn, Steven M.
Other Form: Online version: Classics of modern political theory. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 (OCoLC)605069477
Online version: Classics of modern political theory. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 (OCoLC)608161741
ISBN 0195101731 (alk. paper)
9780195101737 (alk. paper)
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