Modern political thinkers and ideas: an historical introduction / (Record no. 196877)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780415174763 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 320.0922 |
| Item number | JON/M |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jones, Tudor |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Modern political thinkers and ideas: an historical introduction / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Tudor Jones |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 216 p. |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Sovereignty <br/>Section A<br/>Historical development of the concept <br/>Essential aspects of sovereignty: meanings and usages <br/>Legal sovereignty <br/>Political sovereignty <br/>Internal sovereignty <br/>External sovereignty <br/>Conclusion <br/>Section B <br/>Machiavelli on the Prince's power <br/>Hobbes: the sovereignty of the Leviathan state <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>The case for absolute government <br/>The power and authority of the sovereign <br/>Locke on sovereignty as trusteeship <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Underlying theoretical assumptions <br/>Distinctive features of Locke's theory <br/>Rousseau and popular sovereignty <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>The sovereign community <br/>The preconditions of popular sovereignty <br/>Further reading <br/>Contemporary debates <br/>Section C --<br/>2. Political obligation <br/>Section A -<br/>Historical development of the concept <br/>Voluntaristic theories <br/>Teleological theories <br/>Other 'duty' theories <br/>Limits to political obligation <br/>General justification for political obligation <br/>Section B --<br/>Hobbes's theory of political obligation: social contract and security <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Hobbes's views of human nature and the state of nature <br/>Hobbes's 'covenant' <br/>Conclusion -<br/>Locke's theory of political obligation: social contract, consent and natural rights <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Locke's view of the state of nature <br/>Locke's two-stage social contract <br/>Locke's notion of consent <br/>Conclusion <br/>Rousseau's theory of political obligation: the general will and an ideal social contract <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual. Rousseau's ideal social contract <br/>Rousseau's concept of the general will <br/>Conclusion -<br/>Section C <br/>Contemporary debates <br/>Further reading <br/>3. Liberty<br/>Section A <br/>Historical development of the concept: different traditions of interpreting liberty <br/>Accounts of 'negative' liberty in the history of modern political thought <br/>Accounts of 'positive' liberty in the history of political thought <br/>Conclusion <br/>Section B <br/>Locke on liberty as a natural right <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Natural and civil liberty: the distinction and connection between them <br/>Locke's defence of religious freedom <br/>Conclusion <br/>Rousseau on moral and political freedom <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>The erosion of natural liberty <br/>The two aspects of 'true' freedom: moral and civil <br/>'Forcing' someone to be free <br/>The critique of Rousseau's view of liberty <br/>Conclusion --<br/>John Stuart Mill's defence of personal liberty <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Mill's main concerns in On Liberty <br/>Mill's view of liberty <br/>Mill on the importance of individuality <br/>Limits to freedom of expression and action <br/>Conclusion --<br/>T.H. Green's positive view of liberty <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Green's view of the social individual <br/>Green's positive conception of liberty <br/>Green's positive view of the state <br/>Conclusion <br/>Section C <br/>Contemporary debates <br/>Further reading --<br/>4. Rights <br/>Section A <br/>Historical development of the concept of rights <br/>Critiques of theories of the natural rights of man <br/>Development of the concept of human rights in the twentieth century <br/>Problems associated with the concept of human rights <br/>Section B <br/>Locke's theory of natural rights <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Locke's conception of natural rights. Locke's account of the right to property <br/>Conclusion --<br/>Burke's case against the 'rights of man' and for'prescriptive' rights <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Burke's critique of the doctrine of the 'rights of man' <br/>Burke's defence of inherited, 'prescriptive' rights <br/>Paine's defence of the rights of man <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Paine's distinction between natural and civil rights <br/>Paine's status as a radical popularizer of natural-rights theory <br/>Paine's long-term influence <br/>Section C <br/>Contemporary debates <br/>Further reading <br/>5. Equality <br/>Section A <br/>Formal or foundational equality <br/>Equality of opportunity <br/>Equality of outcome <br/>Section B <br/>Rousseau's vision of democratic equality <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>The inequality of civil society <br/>'Natural' and 'artificial' inequalities <br/>The harmful effects of inequality <br/>Rousseau's egalitarian remedy <br/>Conclusion --<br/>Wollstonecraft on equal rights for women <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>The case for equal civil and political rights for women <br/>Conclusion -<br/>John Stuart Mill on equality of opportunity and on equal status for women <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Reward according to desert in industrial society <br/>Equality of status for women <br/>Conclusion <br/>Marx on equality in a communist society <br/>Historical context: political and intellectual <br/>Marx's critique of liberal ideas of equality <br/>Towards communist equality |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Political science |
| General subdivision | History. |
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