A Social History Of Western Political Thought Ellen Meiksins Wood Verso Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

In This Groundbreaking Work Ellen Meiksins Wood Rewrites The History Of Political Theory From Plato To Rousseau Treating Canonical Thinkers As Passionately Engaged Human Beings Examines Their Ideas Not Simply Context Languages But Creative Responses Social Relations And Conflicts Time Place She Identifies A Distinctive Relation Between Property State Western Shows How Canon While Largely Members Or Clients Dominant Classes Was Shaped By Complex Interactions Among Proprietors Labourers States Argues Owes Much Its Vigour Also Many Ambiguities These Often Contradictory First Volume Traces Development Tradition Classical Antiquity Through Middle Ages Perspective - Significant Departure Only Standard Abstract Other Contextual Methods Ancient Greek Polis Aristotle Aeschylus Sophocles Roman Republic Cicero Empire St Paul Augustine Medieval World Averroes Thomas Aquinas William Ockham Offers Rich Dynamic Exploration That Have Indelibly Stamped Our Modern Second Addresses Formation Rise Capitalism Renaissance Reformation Scientific Revolution Age Enlightenment Which All Been Attributed \ Early Modern\ Period Nearly Everything About Remains Controversial One Thing Is Certain: It Left Provocative Legacy Unmatched Concepts Liberty Equality Rights Born Those Turbulent Centuries Continue Shape Limit Discourse Today Assessing Background Figures Such Machiavelli Luther Calvin Spinoza Levellers Hobbes Locke Vividly Explores Philosophical Abstractions Day Σελίδες: 592 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1101 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm