Major Works: Political Philosophy

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31. Greek Political Theory (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 18)

    Much has been written about the interpretation of Plato in the last thirty years. Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, he has lately been interpreted as a revolutionary of the Right and a forerunner of Fascism. In this book Plato appears as himself – a...

    Published October 5th 2009 by Routledge
32. Political Judgement (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 20)

    By Ronald Beiner

    Originally published in 1983. One of the basic capacities of man as a political being is his faculty of judgement. Yet for all the books on concepts like freedom, equality and authority, surprisingly little attention has been given to this topic in the tradition of Western political thought. What...

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33. An Introduction to the Republic of Plato (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 21)

    By William Boyd

    This edition originally published in 1962. The problems of life and government which are still the central theme of the Republic are still with us but the views presented in it were the outcome of strenuous discussion and they come to the modern reader as a challenge. To get to the heart of them he...

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34. Political Repression in 19th Century Europe (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 24)

    By Robert J Goldstein

    Originally published in 1983. The nineteenth century was a time of great economic, social and political change. As Europe modernized, previously ignorant and apathetic elements in the population began to demand political freedoms. There was pressure also for a freer press, for the rights of...

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35. The Ancestral Constitution (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 25)

    By Alexander Fuks

    Originally published in 1953. The return to the "ancestral constitution" was a major issue in Athenian politics in the period of the revolution of 411 and 404 B.C. This book examines the scope and import of the question of the "ancestral constitution". Chapter 1 is a study of Kleitophon’s Rider nd...

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36. The Life of Niccolò Machiavelli (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 26)

    By Roberto Ridolfi

    This biography of Macchiavelli is widely regarded as Ridolfi’s masterpiece and is based on much material drawn from private and public archives. It presents a fresh interpretation of Macchiavelli’s career and writings and here, for example the dating of the composition of such famous works as the...

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37. Politics and the Public Interest in the Seventeenth Century (RLE Political Science Volume 27)

    By J. A. W. Gunn

    Series: Routledge Library Editions

    This book examines the concept of public interest against the background of English politics from the Civil War to the coming of the Hanoverians. These years witnessed both the rise of the modern notion of the public interest as a part of ordinary political language and the growth of a social...

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38. Political and Social Philosophy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 30)

    Edited by D. O'Mahony

    This volume consists of many of Lacordaire’s writings on social and political issues, many of which have been out of print for a long time and some of which appeared in this volume, when originally published, for the time in English. The central theme of the book is that the Christian solution of...

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39. The English Face of Machiavelli (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 32)

    By Felix Raab

    This is an important work of scholarship with regard to Machiavelli and the development of political thought in England. It charts the reactions of successive English thinkers to Machiavelli’s challenge, and the different aspects of Machiavelli’s thought which were perceived in the changing context...

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40. Sovereignty (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 37)

    By Paul Ward

    This volume analyzes the meaning of the term ‘sovereignty’ in early twentieth century thought by tracing the historical roots of the doctrine and surveying the origin of it back to feudal times....

    Published October 5th 2009 by Routledge