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A History of Political Thought: From Antiquity to the Present is a comprehensive and illuminating introduction to the history of political thought. Accessible and engaging, it traces the development of arguments and controversies from ancient Greece, through different forms of community, state and empire, to today's more global concerns.
Bruce Haddock highlights the important effects that varying historical contexts have had on political thinking through the ages ...
Bruce Haddock?s lucid and original textbook combines historical and theoretical analysis, setting political thought in the context of the emerging institutional, cultural and economic framework of the modern world. From the colossal impact of the Fresh and American revolutions, through reaction and constitutional consolidation, the book traces the contrasting criteria invoked to justify particular forms of political order from 1789 to the present day. Its ...