Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts

by Steven M. Cahn

Book Overview

Ideal for survey courses in social and political philosophy, this volume is a substantially abridged and slightly altered version of Steven M. Cahn's Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy (OUP, 2001). Offering coverage from antiquity to the present, Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts is a historically organized collection of the most significant works from nearly 2,500 years of political philosophy. It moves from classical thought (Plato,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195177088
• ISBN13: 9780195177084
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.0" x 7.3"

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