TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boucher, David
AU  - Kelly, Paul 
TI  - Political thinkers: from socrates to the present
SN  - 9780199215522
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Political science
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1 The classical world; Part 2 Church and state; Part 3 The rationalist enlightenment and its critics, Part 4 Political radicalism; Part 5 The revolution in political ideas, Part 6 The Twentieth century: four approaches
N2  - Political Thinkers is the most comprehensive introduction to Western political thought written by a team of internationally renowned scholars. The third edition provides students with a clear and engaging introduction to the canon of great theorists, from Socrates and the Sophists to contemporary thinkers such as Rawls and Arendt. Each chapter begins with a helpful chapter guide, a biographical sketch of the thinker, a list of their key texts, and their key ideas. Part introductions and a concluding chapter enable readers to understand the social and political contexts that inspired political thinkers to write.
ER  -