Western Political Thought: From Socrates to the Age of Ideology

By Brian R. Nelson

Book Overview

This text presents the terms, ideas, and dilemmas of Western political thought through an analysis of a limited number of major thinkers - from the pre-Socratics to the contemporary era. It views the thinkers in historical context and examines them in terms of the changing relationships of ethics and politics in Western political philosophy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0139516409
• ISBN13: 9780139516405
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Get ready to think

covers all of the basic philosophers and interprets them fairly accurately with a good deal of value added information.

Just go buy it

I originally purchased this book for a Poli Sci class and lost it sometime after the class. A few years later I desperately wanted to re-read certain portions ( turned out to be all of it ) and actually bought it again. While it's obviously a summarization of many political ideologies, the breadth of information is excellent.

One of the best social science books I've read

I first read the book in POLSC 201: Intro to Political Theory. I found the book to be well written and easy to understand. I kept the book after the course was over and have since referred back to this book for many other classes. I recommend this book to all Liberal Arts and Social Science majors.