About this title: In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood lays out her innovative approach to the history of political theory and traces the development of the Western tradition from classical antiquity through the late Middle Ages. Her "social history" is a significant departure from other contextual interpretations. Treating canonical thinkers as passionately engaged human beings, Wood examines their ideas not simply in the context of political languages but as creative responses to the social relations and conflicts of their time and place. From the Ancient Greek polis of Plato and Aristotle, ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: VERSO BOOKS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781844672431ISBN:1844672433
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 336 pages. Providing an approach to the history of political theory, this title traces the development of the western tradition from antiquity through the late middle ages. treating canonical thinkers as engaged human beings, it examines their ideas in the context of political languages. (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781844672431ISBN:1844672433
Description: New. Providing an approach to the history of political theory, this title traces the development of the Western tradition from antiquity through the late Middle Ages. Treating canonical thinkers as engaged human beings, it examines their ideas in the conte... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: VERSO
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781844672431ISBN:1844672433
Description: A major new history of Western political thought as it evolved through conflict and communities. In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood lays out her innovative approach to the history of political theory and traces the development of the We... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Verso Books, New York,
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781844672431ISBN:1844672433
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. pp. ix 245. "In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood lays out her innovative approach to the history of political theory and traces the development of the Western tradition from classical antiquity through the late Middle Ages" read more
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