Introduction
Robert Jubb, Catriona McKinnon, and Patrick Tomlin
in Issues in Political Theory (4th edn)
This introductory chapter provides an overview of political theory. Political theory is the study of whether and what political institutions, practices, and forms of organization can be ...
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1. Introduction to ideology: Contesting the nature of the ‘good society’
Paul Wetherly
in Political Ideologies
This chapter explains what ideology is, why ideology is seen as a ‘contested concept’, and what roles ideology plays in politics and society. In particular, it analyses the basic conception ...
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1. Political obligation
Keith Hyams
in Issues in Political Theory (4th edn)
This chapter discusses the justifications for political obligation. The most important historical justification for political obligation is what is often called consent theory or contract ...
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5. Power
David Owen
in Issues in Political Theory (4th edn)
This chapter assesses power, a basic concept of political theory. In its most fundamental sense, power is a dispositional concept that refers to the capacity to affect some feature of the ...
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Introduction
Jonathan Wolff
in An Introduction to Political Philosophy (3rd edn)
This text explores the main questions of political philosophy and looks at some of the most influential answers, from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Each chapter takes on a ...
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7. Toleration
Anna Elisabetta Galeotti
in Issues in Political Theory (4th edn)
This chapter explores toleration, which enables the peaceful coexistence of conflicting views and ways of life within the same society. It originally emerged as the political solution to ...
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1. Introduction
David Boucher and Paul Kelly
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This volume introduces a canon of major political thinkers from ancient Greece to the present, including Socrates and the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Hugo Grotius, John ...
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10. Machiavelli
Joseph V. Femia
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This chapter examines Niccolò Machiavelli's contribution to political thought. It first provides a short biography of Machiavelli before discussing the main perspectives on Machiavelli and ...
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Introduction
Catriona McKinnon
in Issues in Political Theory (3rd edn)
This edition examines the most important, visible, and influential strands in political theory over the last fifteen years. It considers problems of political obligation, liberty, the ...
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1. Political authority and obligation
Keith Hyams
in Issues in Political Theory (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the various approaches that political theorists have used to answer questions surrounding political authority and obligation. It considers arguments in favour of ...
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15. Montesquieu
Yoshie Kawade
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This chapter examines Montesquieu's political theory. Montesquieu's political theory, and his Spirit of the Laws in particular, has been considered a complex mosaic of varied and sometimes ...
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24. Kant
Katrin A. Flikschuh
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the political ideas of Immanuel Kant. Kant is widely regarded as a precursor to current political liberalism. There are many aspects of Kant's political philosophy, ...
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5. Aristotle
Tony Burns
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the argument of Aristotle's Politics in relation to the theory of justice that he articulates in his Nicomachean Ethics. It first provides a biography of Aristotle ...
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1. Introduction
Will Kymlicka
in Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction (2nd edn)
This edition provides an introduction to the major schools of thought that dominate contemporary debates in political philosophy. The focus is on theories which have attracted a certain ...
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5. Marxism
Will Kymlicka
in Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction (2nd edn)
This chapter examines Marxism as a normative political theory. It begins with a discussion of two strands of contemporary analytic Marxism’s critique of, and alternative to, liberal ...
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5. Anarchism
David Bates
in Political Ideologies
This chapter examines the key ideas and concepts of ‘classical’ anarchist thinkers. Among the ideas associated with anarchism are: a belief in the potential of human nature, and a ...
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8. Reviewing the ‘classical’ legacy: Left–right politics in the age of ideology
Paul Wetherly
in Political Ideologies
This chapter examines the legacy of the ‘classical’ ideologies in terms of their European origins, expansion, and dominance. Classical ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, and ...
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31. Habermas
Kenneth Baynes
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This chapter examines Jürgen Habermas's major contributions to social and political thought. Habermas is regarded as one of the most influential figures in contemporary political theory. In ...
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7. Multiculturalism
Monica Mookherjee
in Issues in Political Theory (3rd edn)
This chapter examines debates about multiculturalism in political theory. In the 1990s, some argued that it was impossible not to be in favour of multiculturalism. However, recent events, ...
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28. Nietzsche
Nathan Widder
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This chapter examines Friedrich Nietzsche's political philosophy, first by focusing on his claim that the ‘death of God’ inaugurates modern nihilism. It then explains Nietzsche's ...
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