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Book SynopsisTannenbaum/McGinnis' INVENTORS OF IDEAS: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THOUGHT, 4th Edition, introduces you to the works of key figures in the history of political thought -- highlighting their context in history while also shedding light on current political questions. Thoroughly updated, the 4th Edition covers the traditional canon while also increasing inclusivity as it explores groundbreaking writings from the 20th and 21st centuries along with emerging trends in the field. New contributions include writings from women like Christine de Pizan and Harriet Taylor Mill as well as thinkers whose works are increasingly recognized as canonical, such as Abu Nasr al-Farabi and W.E.B. du Bois. INVENTORS OF IDEAS equips you with the practical and historical foundations to critically examine and understand today's political issues.
Table of ContentsPart I. INTRODUCTION. 1. The History of Political Thought: Introducing the Challenge. Part II: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS: JUSTICE AND POLITICAL COMMUNITY. 2. Plato: Navigating Justice. 3. Aristotle: The Good City. 4. Cicero: Citizenship and the Republic. Part III: THE GOOD LIFE: FAITH AND REASON. 5. Augustine: Living Together. 6. Aquinas: Reconciling Human and Divine. 7. al-F��r��b��: Philosophy of Society. 8. Luther and Calvin: Reconfiguring Authority. Part IV: FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN STATE: RIGHTS, LIBERTY, EQUALITY. 9. Christine de Pizan: Difference and Equality. 10. Machiavelli: Power. 11. Hobbes: Securing Order. 12. Locke: The Social Contract and its Limits. 13. Rousseau: Making the Good Citizen. 14. Wollstonecraft: Turning Toward Equality. 15. Burke: Balancing Change and Tradition. Part V: LATE MODERNITY: A CRITICAL TURN. 16. Mill and Taylor Mill: Advancing Liberty. 17. Marx: Class Conflict, History, and Political Economy. 18. Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud: Critical Perspectives. Part VI. CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT: THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES. 19. Political Thought in the 20th Century: Liberalism and its Critics. 20. Political Thought in the 21st Century: New Directions. Conclusion: Inventors and their Ideas.
