Description
Product ID: | 9780872208971 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Modern Political Thought |
Subtitle: | Readings from Machiavelli to Nietzsche |
Authors: | Author: David Wootton |
Page Count: | 928 |
Subjects: | Political science and theory, Political science & theory |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Focuses on modern constitutionalism with selections from Hume, Montesquieu, the Federalist, and Constant. This title features the author's translation of Constant's 1819 essay "On Ancient and Modern Liberty". It also includes selections from Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy" and a Hegel selection. The second edition of David Wootton''s Modern Political Thought: Readings from Machiavelli to Nietzsche offers a new unit on modern constitutionalism with selections from Hume, Montesquieu, the Federalist, and Constant. In addition to a new essay by Wootton, this unit features his new translation of Constant''s 1819 essay "On Ancient and Modern Liberty". Other changes include expanded selections from Machiavelli''s Discourses on Livy and a new Hegel selection, all of which strengthen an already excellent anthology. |
Imprint Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
Publisher Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-11-30 |