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Political Thought (Oxford Readers) - Softcover

 
9780192892782: Political Thought (Oxford Readers)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0192892789 ISBN 13: 9780192892782
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Synopsis

Human beings live together in societies which, by their very nature, give rise to institutions governing the behavior and freedom of individuals. This raises important questions about how these institutions ought to function, and the extent to which actual systems of government succeed or fail in meeting these ideals.

This Oxford Reader contains 140 key writings on political thought, covering issues about human nature and its relation to society, the extent to which the powers of the State are justified, the tension between liberty and rights, and the way resources should be distributed. Topics such as international relations, minority rights, democracy, socialism, and conservatism are also discussed by contributors ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Foucault, Isaiah Berlin, and Martin Luther King.

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About the Author

Jonathan Wolff is Reader in Philosophy at University College London, and author of An Introduction to Political Philosophy (OUP, 1996) and Robert Nozick (Blackwell, 1991). Michael Rosen is a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, co-editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant, and author of Hegel's Dialectic and its Criticism (CUP, 1982) and The Need for Interpretation (Abalone, 1987).

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0192892789
ISBN 13 
9780192892782
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
458
Editor
Rosen Michael, Wolff Jonathan