Garrett Ward Sheldon

Broschiertes Buch

The New History of Political Theory

Ancient Greece to the Modern World

Beschreibung

This book contains a concise presentation of the major political theories underlying the Western tradition and contemporary ideological debates in America and the world. From the Ancients, Plato and Aristotle, to contemporary Americans, Rawls and Nozick, the book examines each thinker's conception of Human Nature, Political Society and Social Ethics. Extensive excerpts from the original writings and their relation to American political principles distinguish this valuable text.

Autor

Garrett Ward Sheldon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University; Moscow University; the University of Vienna, Austria; Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; and in Istanbul. He received a PhD from Rutgers University and studied at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He is the author of many books and articles on American political thought, religion and politics, and political culture and law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: X67295
• 4., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9781636672953
• ISBN-10: 1636672957
• Artikelnr.: 68797235