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Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers

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Hannah Arendt

Edited by Garrath Williams

Hannah Arendt is increasingly recognised as one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century. She gained fame for her historical study of...

ISBN: 978-0-415-34330-5 | Published March 15th 2006 by Routledge.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Edited by John T. Scott

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a pivotal thinker in the history of political philosophy, and in that of thought and literature more generally. Making major contributions...

ISBN: 978-0-415-35083-9 | Published December 20th 2005 by Routledge.

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John Rawls

Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers

Edited by Chandran Kukathas

John Rawls (1921-2002) is, arguably, the most important political philosopher of our time. It is commonly observed that the publication in 1971 of his treatise...

ISBN: 978-0-415-22995-1 | Published October 3rd 2002 by Routledge.

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Antonio Gramsci

Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers

Edited by James Martin

From the sociology of modern capitalism to state theory and cultural and media studies, Gramsci's ideas have become a central component of mainstream social and...

ISBN: 978-0-415-21747-7 | Published September 27th 2001 by Routledge.

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Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought

Critical Assessments: Second Series

Edited by Bob Jessop, Russell Wheatley

This collection addresses fundamental themes in Marx's social and political thought. It covers key controversies in the analysis of Marx's overall intellectual development, the influence...

ISBN: 978-0-415-19326-9 | Published May 27th 1999 by Routledge.

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John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought

Critical Assessments

Edited by G.W. Smith

This collection covers the breadth of Mill's work in social theory and political economy, including his ethics, liberalism, theory of government, methodology and feminism. It...

ISBN: 978-0-415-14073-7 | Published February 19th 1998 by Routledge.

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G.W.F. Hegel

Critical Assessments

Edited by Robert Stern

G.W.F. Hegel(1770-1831), arguably the greatest philosopher of the nineteenth century, decisively influenced the direction of all subsequent European thought. Variously understood as a theist and...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02003-9 | Published November 4th 1993 by Routledge.

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Jeremy Bentham

Critical Assessments

Edited by Bhikhu Parekh

Bentham scholarship has concentrated on certain aspects of his thought: this collection reflects that bias. Most of the articles are published since 1950, but those...

ISBN: 978-0-415-04654-1 | Published October 21st 1993 by Routledge.

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Thomas Hobbes

Critical Assessments

Edited by Preston King

Thomas Hobbes is arguably the greatest of all English philosophers. In the second half of the twentieth century, he has been subject to sustained critical...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02004-6 | Published November 5th 1992 by Routledge.

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John Locke

Critical Assessments

Edited by Richard Ashcraft

This work is the second in the Routledge Series of Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers. The series presents a comprehensive selection of the critical...

ISBN: 978-0-415-00847-1 | Published January 17th 1991 by Routledge.

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Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought

Critical Assessments

Edited by Bob Jessop

As one of the most central social and political theorists, Marx's thought has endured to become part of the fabric of modern conscience. These volumes...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02210-1 | Published May 10th 1990 by Routledge.

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J.S. Mill

Critical Assessments

Edited by John Cunningham Wood

ISBN: 978-0-415-06572-6 | Published January 22nd 1987 by Routledge.

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