Western Political Thought : From Plato To Burke ( Vol. 1 ) (Paperback)  | Released: 2006

The significance of political thought cannot be overemphasized. The task of understanding the deeper implications of the present situation and the future planning can be assisted by a careful study of political thought of the ages. The study of political thought in the historical perspective leads to mature thinking and enables the political leaders to solve contemporary problems in a better way. The political thought of modern world is based on Western political thought. It is always preferred to begin the study of political thought with the Western thinkers, better say Greeks, because unlike their Eastern counterpart, their speculations are exclusively contained in independent treatises and do not form part of literature which was predominantly religious and ethical. Accordingly, the present Volume begins with Homer and includes in its study the prominent thinkers of the West of all agesPlato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Burke to name but a few. Analytic in presentation, the present book is concise and easily comprehensible. Since its matter has been drawn from authentic originals and the books of eminent Western authors have been referred to, the book aptly caters with the academic needs of students of political science. It provides a bibliography and also a list of questions set at various university examinations, aiming at facilitating the preparation for examination. While the teachers will find this book an ideal reference book, the general readers will find it highly informative.Table of Contents: 1. Introductory PART I ANCIENT POLITICAL THOUGHT 2. Ancient Greek Political Thought 3. Sophist Political Thought 4. Political Thought of Socrates 5. Political Philosophy of Cynics and Cyrenaics 6. Plato (427 B.C. 347 B.C.) 7. Aristotle (384 B.C. 322 B.C.) 8. Epicuream and Stoic Political Thought 9. Roman Political Thought 10. Christian Political Thought PART II MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THOUGHT 11. Political Thought of Middle Ages 12. Power Controversy Between State and Church 13. Papalist Thinkers of Medieval Age 14. Thomas Aquinas (1227 1274 A.D.) 15. Sacerdotal Thinkers of Middle Ages 16. Marsiglio of Padua (1270 1340 A.D.) 17. End of Medieval Period : Conciliar Movement PART III MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT 18. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 1527 A.D.) 19. Reformation Movement and its Thinkers 20. Jean Bodin (1530 1596 A.D.) 21. Hugo Grotius (1583 1645 A.D.) 22. Seventeenth Century Political Thought 23. Thomas Hobbes (1588 1679 A.D.) 24. John Locke (1632 1704 A.D.) 25. Baron De-Montesquieu (1689 1755 A.D.) 26. Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 1770 A.D.) 27. David Hume (1741 1778 A.D.) 28. Edmund Burke (1729 1796 A.D.) Bibliography