Rethinking Political Thinkers

Manjeet Ramgotra (Editor), Simon Choat (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0198847394 / ISBN 13: 9780198847397

Published by Oxford University Press, 2023

About this Item

xxxvii, 744 pages ; 25 cm. Summary:The first textbook to challenge and expand the canon of political thinkers, Rethinking Political Thinkers presents political thought in a new light, invites debate, and brings diverse perspectives to the fore, giving students the tools to think about political concepts, theories, and arguments critically and analytically.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Political Thinkers
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198847394
• ISBN 13: 9780198847397
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • International Relations
  • Philosophy
  • Politics

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Synopsis

Explores a uniquely diverse set of political thinkers, from traditionally canonical theorists to marginalized women and thinkers of color

About the Author

Manjeet Ramgotra is a Senior Lecturer in Political Thought, Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London. Manjeet is an Independent Scholar Fellow of the Independent Social Research Foundation, affiliated with the Department of Politics at QMUL. Her research chronicles a history of republicanism extending from classical European to twentieth-century anti-colonial political thought on which she has published several articles. She is a strong advocate of decolonising the curriculum, and has co-edited a book on Decolonising Curricula and Pedagogy in Higher Education (Routledge, 2021) as well as written blogposts and articles on this subject. Currently, she is working on a project on post-colonial republicanism in India. Manjeet was recently appointed to the Quality Assurance Agency Advisory Board to rewrite the Politics and IR benchmark statement, and is a Trustee on the Political Studies Association executive committee.

Simon Choat is Assosciate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at Kingston University London. He is the author of Marx Through Post-Structuralism: Lyotard, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze (Continuum, 2010) and Marx's 'Grundrisse: A Reader's Guide' (Bloomsbury, 2016). He has published articles on, amongst other topics, neoliberalism, contemporary anarchism, the philosophers Ernesto Laclau and Michael Sandel, and the theories of the 'new materialists' such as Bruno Latour. He has been teaching political theory for nearly 20 years. He has published research on decolonising the political theory curriculum and is currently collaborating on a comparative study of Politics and Economics curricula at UK universities. He is a member of the Political Economy Research Group at Kingston University and is co-convener of the Political Studies Association specialist group on Political Thought.