A history of political theory.
By: Sabine, George Holland
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Contributor(s): Thorson, Thomas Landon.
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BookPublisher: Hinsdale, Ill. : Dryden Press, [c1973]Edition: 4th ed. rev. by Thomas Landon Thorson.Description: 871 p. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0030803055.Subject(s): Political science -- HistoryDDC classification: 320.01 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 320.01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00042405 | |
| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store | 320.01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00042341 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: The theory of the city-state -- The context of political theory -- The city-state -- Political thought before Plato -- Plato, the republic -- Plato, the statesman and the laws -- Aristotle, political ideals -- Aristotle: political actualities -- The twilight of the city-state -- Part II: The theory of the universal community -- The law of nature -- Cicero and the roman lawyers -- Seneca and the fathers of the church -- The folk and its law -- The investiture controversy -- Universitas hominum -- Philip the fair and Boniface VIII -- Marsilio of Padua and William of Occam -- The conciliar theory of church government -- Part III: The theory of the National state -- Machiavelli -- The early protestant reformers -- Royalist and anti-royalist theories -- Jean Bodin -- The modernized theory of natural law -- England: preparation for civil war -- Thomas Hobbes -- Radicals and communists -- The republicans: Harrington, Milton and Sidney -- Halifax and Locke -- France: The decadence of natural law -- The rediscovery of the community: Rosseau -- Convention and tradition: Hume and Burke -- Hegel: dialectic and nationalism -- Liberalism: philosophical radicalism -- Liberalism modernized -- Marx and dialectical materialism -- Communism -- Fascism and national socialism.