Political Theory Classic and Contemporary Readings

by Losco, Joseph; Williams, Leonard A.

• ISBN13: 9781931719032
• ISBN10: 1931719039
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Roxbury Pub Co

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. iv
Introduction	p. 1
Greek Roots
Introduction	p. 9
Thucydides	p. 13
Excerpts from History of the Peloponnesian War	p. 17
Thucydides on Human Nature	p. 44
The Melian Dialogue	p. 52
Plato	p. 58
Crito	p. 62
Excerpts from the Republic	p. 70
The Republic and the 'Limits of Politics'	p. 84
Response to Hall	p. 95
Aristotle	p. 104
Excerpts from Nicomachean Ethics	p. 108
Excerpts from the Politics	p. 112
The Puzzle of the Political Animal: Nature and Artifice in Aristotle's Political Theory	p. 123
An Ancient Framework for a New--and Old--Feminism	p. 136
The Age of Empire--Civil and Religious
Introduction	p. 141
Marcus Tullius Cicero	p. 146
Excerpts from On the Commonwealth	p. 149
Essentials of the Mixed Constitution	p. 172
Cicero's Focus: From the Best Regime to the Model Statesman	p. 183
Saint Augustine	p. 198
Excerpts from The City of God	p. 201
The Two Cities in Augustine's Political Philosophy	p. 214
The Earthly City and Its Discontents	p. 223
Saint Thomas Aquinas	p. 239
Excerpts from Summa Theologica	p. 243
Excerpts from On Kingship	p. 256
Law and Politics	p. 258
On Thomistic Natural Law: The Bad Man's View of Thomistic Natural Right	p. 267
Christine de Pizan	p. 280
Excerpts from The Book of the City of Ladies	p. 283
Excerpts from The Book of the Body Politic	p. 293
'Now a New Kingdom of Femininity Is Begun ...': The Political Theory of Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies	p. 303
Polycracy, Obligation, and Revolt: The Body Politic in John of Salisbury and Christine de Pizan	p. 317
Enter Modernity
Introduction	p. 329
Niccolo Machiavelli	p. 331
Excerpts from The Prince	p. 334
Excerpts from the Discourses	p. 341
Introduction to The Prince	p. 349
Public Versus Private Claims: Machiavellianism from Another Perspective	p. 358
About the Editors	p. 367
About the Contributors	p. 368
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