Political Theory Classic and Contemporary Readings

by Losco, Joseph; Williams, Leonard A.

• ISBN13: 9781891487910
• ISBN10: 1891487914
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Roxbury Pub Co

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment	iv
Introduction	1
Part I: Greek Roots
Introduction	9	(13)
Thucydides	13
Excerpts From History of the Peloponnesian War	17	(44)
Thucydides
Thucydides on Human Nature	44
C. D. C. Reeve
The Melian Dialogue	52	(1)
Laurie Johnson
Plato	58
Crito	62	(1)
Plato
Excerpts from the Republic	70	(1)
Plato
The Republic and the `Limits of Politics'	84	(95)
Dale Hall
Respone to Hall	95
Allan Bloom
Aristotle	104	(1)
Excerpts from Nicomacheam Ethics	108	(1)
Aristotle
Excerpts From the Politics	112	(1)
Aristotle
The Puzzle of the Political Animal: Nature and Artifice in Aristotle's Political Theory	123	(1)
Cary J. Nederman
An Ancient Framework for a New---and Old---Feminism	136	(149)
Mary P. Nichols
Part II: The Age of Empire---Civil and Religious
Introduction	141	(146)
Marcus Tullius Cicero	146	(3)
Excerpts from On the Commonwealth	149	(23)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Essentials of the Mixed Constitution	172	(11)
Neal Wood
Cicero's Focus: From the Best Regime to the Model Statesman	183	(18)
Walter J. Nicgorski
Saint Augustine	198	(3)
Excerpts from The City of God	201	(13)
Saint Augustine
The Two Cities in Augustine's Political Philosophy	214	(9)
Rex Martin
The Earthly City and Its Discontents	223	(20)
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Saint Thomas Aquinas	239	(4)
Excerpts from Summa Theologica	243	(13)
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Excerpts from on Kingship	256	(2)
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Law and Politics	258	(9)
Paul E. Sigmund
On Thomistic Natural Law: The Bad Man's View of Thomistic Natural Right	267	(16)
Edward A. Goerner
Christine De Pizan	280	(3)
Excerpts from the Book of the City of Ladies	283	(10)
Christine De Pizan
Excerpts from the Book of the Body Politic	293	(10)
Christine De Pizan
`Now a New Kingdom of Femininity is Begun ': The Political Theory of Christine De Pizan's the Book of the City of Ladies	303	(14)
Edward M. Wheat
Polycracy, Obligation, and Revolt: The Body Politic in John of Salisbury and Christine De Pizan	317	(17)
Kate Langdon Forhan
Part III: Enter Modernity
Introduction	329	(2)
Niccolo Machiavelli	331	(3)
Excerpts from the Prince	334	(7)
Niccolo Machiavelli
Excerpts from the Discourses	341	(8)
Niccolo Machiavelli
Introduction to the Prince	349	(9)
Harvey C. Mansfield
Public Versus Private Claims: Machiavellianism from Another Perspective	358	(9)
John Leonard
About the Editors	367	(1)
About the Contributors	368