Fifty Major Political Thinkers

Author : Ian Adams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134586361
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Major Political Thinkers written by Ian Adams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including: Aristotle Simone de Beauvoir Michel Foucault Mohandas Gandhi Jurgen Habermas Machiavelli Karl Marx Thomas Paine Jean-Jacques Rousseau Mary Wollstonecraft. Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought.

Author : Ian Adams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134145578
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Major Political Thinkers written by Ian Adams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-04-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including: Aristotle Simone de Beauvoir Michel Foucault Mohandas Gandhi Jurgen Habermas Machiavelli Karl Marx Thomas Paine Jean-Jacques Rousseau Mary Wollstonecraft. Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought.

Author : Joy Palmer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134735944
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Major Thinkers on Education written by Joy Palmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique work some of today's greatest educators present concise, accessible summaries of the great educators of the past. Covering a time-span from 500 BC to the early twentieth century each essay gives key biographical information, an outline of the individual's principal achievements and activities, an assessment of their impact and influence, a list of their major writings and suggested further reading. Together with Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education, this book provides a unique reference guide for all students of education.

Author : David Simon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415337908
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Key Thinkers on Development written by David Simon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to the world's most influential development thinkers, this authoritative text presents a unique guide to the lives and ideas of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies. Reflecting the diverse, interdisciplinary nature of the area, the book includes entries on: * modernisers like Hirshman, Kindleberger and Rostow * dependencistas such as Frank, Cardoso and Amin * progressives like Prebisch, Helleiner and Streeten * political leaders enunciating radical alternative visions of development, such as Mao, Nkrumah and Nyerere * progenitors of religiously or spiritually inspired development, such as Gandhi and Ariyaratne * development-environment thinkers like Blaikie, Brookfield and Shiva. This is a fascinating and readable introduction to the major figures that have shaped the field, ideal for anyone studying or working in the area.

Author : Stephen Trombley
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1782390383
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World written by Stephen Trombley and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of modern thought is traced through a sequence of accessible profiles of the most influential thinkers in every domain of intellectual endeavor since 1789 No major representative of post-Enlightenment thought escapes Trombley's attention in this history: the German idealists Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel; the utilitarians Bentham and Mill; the transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau; Kierkegaard and the existentialists; founders of new fields of inquiry such as Weber, Durkheim, and C.S. Peirce; the analytic philosophers Russell, Moore, Whitehead, and Wittgenstein; political leaders from Mohandas K. Gandhi to Adolf Hitler; and—last but not least—the four shapers-in-chief of our modern world: the philosopher, historian, and political theorist Karl Marx; the naturalist Charles Darwin, proposer of the theory of evolution; Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis; and the theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, begetter of the special and general theories of relativity and founder of post-Newtonian physics. This book offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas, and in some cases a reevaluation of their importance as we proceed into the 21st century.

Author : Martin Griffiths
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134716834
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations written by Martin Griffiths and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Tom Butler-Bowdon
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1473644453
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Philosophy Classics written by Tom Butler-Bowdon and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 2000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality. From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard and Simone de Beauvoir to contemporary thinkers Michael Sandel, Peter Singer and Slavoj Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics explores key writings that have shaped the discipline and had an impact on the real world. Philosophy can no longer be confined to academia, and 50 Philosophy Classics shows how powerful it can be as a tool for opening our minds and helping us think. Whether you are fascinated or daunted by the big questions of how to think, how to be, how to act and how to see, this is the perfect introduction to some of humanity's greatest minds and their landmark books.

Author : Tom Butler-Bowdon
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1857889525
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Politics Classics: Freedom Equality Power written by Tom Butler-Bowdon and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore politics through 50 classic books and influential writers who produced mind changing ideas and world changing political thought.

Author : Andrew Bailey
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1554811023
Total Pages : 1041 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Essential Readings written by Andrew Bailey and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features a careful selection of major works in political and social philosophy from ancient times through to the present. Every reading has been painstakingly annotated, and each figure is given a substantial introduction highlighting his or her major contribution to the tradition. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Thirty-two authors are represented, including fourteen from the 20th century. The editors have made every effort to include translations that are both readable and reliable. In order to ensure the highest standards of accuracy and accessibility, the editors have consulted dozens of leading academics during the course of the volume’s development (many of whom have contributed introductory material as well as advice). The result is an anthology with unparalleled pedagogical benefits; The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought sets the new standard for social and political philosophy instruction.

Author : Gillian Rosemary Evans
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415236638
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers written by Gillian Rosemary Evans and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, this book is an accessible guide to those religious, philosophical and political concepts central to the medieval worldview.