Western Political Thought: From Bentham to the Present Day V. 2 (Hardcover)  | Released: 2006

This Volume II of Western Political Thought discusses various currents of Political Thought from Utilitarianism to Pluralism and Nazism. It includes political thinkers from Bentham to Bertrand Russell, from nineteenth century to Present day. While the subject matter has been derived from standard original works, it has been narrated in an analytical style and discussed from an integral standpoint. At the end of each chapter actual examination questions of various universities have been given so that the student may exercise for the examination. Among dozens of books by Indian and Western Authors on this subject, the present book claims to be more to the point, concise and providing answer to every question asked in various university examinations. Thus, the book has been prepared as an ideal textbook for post-graduate students of Political Science in all Indian Universities. Besides, it will serve as a ready reference book for the teachers.Table of Contents: 1. Political Thought in 19th Century 2. Utilitarianism : Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) 3. James Mill (1773-1836) and John Austin (1790-1859) 4. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) 5. Idealism : Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) 6. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) 7. Thomas Hill Green (1836-1882) 8. F.H. Bradley (1846-1924) and B. Bosanquet (1848-1923) 9. Positivism : Auguste Comte (1798-1857) 10. Biological Theory : Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) 11. Psychological Thought and Thinkers 12. Graham Wallas (1856-1932) 13. Rise of Socialism 14. Karl Marx (1818-1883) 15. Evolutionary Socialism and Revolutionism 16. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) 17. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1894-1971) 18. Mao-Tse-Tung (1893-1977) 19. Utopian Socialism and its Thinkers 20. Anarchism 21. Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) 22. Revisionism : Bernstein (1850-1903) 23. Fabianism 24. Guild Socialism 25. G.D.H. Cole (1889-1958) 26. Syndicalism 27. Georges Sorel (1847-1922) 28. Political Pluralism 29. The Law and the State 30. Harold J. Laski (1893-1950) 31. Behaviouralism 32. Fascism 33. Nazism or National Socialism 34. Democracy 35. John Dewey (1859-1962) 36. Bertrand Russell (1872-1969)