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Modern political thought

Title
Modern political thought / Raymond Plant.
Author
Plant, Raymond.
Publication
Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Basil Blackwell, 1991.

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Description
xi, 398 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Reviews and analyzes the major developments that have taken place in political thought over the last 15 years. It takes as its theme the question of the legitimacy of the state and seeks to interpret work on rights, justice, interests, power, welfare, and equality.
Subject
  • Political science > Methodology
  • Political science > Philosophy
  • 89.06 political philosophy
  • Political science > Methodology
  • Political science > Philosophy
  • Methode
  • Politische Philosophie
  • Politische Theorie
  • Politieke filosofie
  • Política (teoria;filosofia)
  • Ideologia política (metodologia)
  • Political science
  • Philosophie politique
  • doctrine politique
Genre/Form
  • Einführung
  • [Manuels d'enseignement]
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-387) and index.
Contents
Shaking the foundations of the political theory -- Human nature and political theory -- Librealism : rights and justice -- Utilitarianism -- The claims of need and politics -- Liberty, interests and morality -- Rights and the state -- Justice, punishment and the state -- Political philosophy on Dover Beach? : Reasoning, context and community.
ISBN
  • 0631142231
  • 9780631142232
  • 063114224X
  • 9780631142249
LCCN
  • 90040348
  • http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35483531s
OCLC
  • ocm21909684
  • 21909684
  • SCSB-1923648
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library