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Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists
This edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes works by more than thirty authors. There is a particular emphasis on the sophists, with the inclusion …
Thoreau: Political Writings
Thoreau’s political writing is intensely personal and direct. Both his life and work focus uncompromisingly on the question ‘how should I live?’, and for Thoreau, no element of …
Sorel: Reflections on Violence
Georges Sorel’s Reflections on Violence is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century: J. B. Priestley argued that if one could grasp why a retired civil servant …
Vico: The First New Science
The First New Science gives a clear account of Vico’s mature philosophy: the belief that certain functions which are necessary for the maintenance of human society and culture, …
Stirner: The Ego and its Own
Max Stirner’s The Ego and Its Own is striking and distinctive in both style and content. First published in 1844, Stirner's distinctive and powerful polemic sounded the death-knell …
Volney: ‘The Ruins' and ‘Catechism of Natural Law'
Volney was once as influential as Tom Paine, and the author of one of the most popular works of the French Revolutionary era. The Ruins of Empires makes an argument for popular …
Constant: Political Writings
This is the first English translation of the major political works of Benjamin Constant, one of the most important of modern French political theorists and writers. A Swiss …
Bentham: A Fragment on Government
This volume makes available to a student readership one of the central texts in the utilitarian tradition, in the authoritative 1977 edition prepared by Professors Burns and Hart …
Weber: Political Writings
Max Weber (1864-1920), generally known as a founder of modern social science, was concerned with political affairs throughout his life. The texts in this edition span his career …
Revolutionary Writings
Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France was the first sustained theoretical critique of the French Revolution; and is now recognised as the classic statement of modern …
Jefferson: Political Writings
Thomas Jefferson is among the most important and controversial of American political thinkers: his influence (libertarian, democratic, participatory, and agrarian-republican) is …
Augustine: Political Writings
This collection brings together thirty-five letters and sermons of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430 AD, that deal with political matters. The letters and sermons are both …