Reconstructing the classics : political theory from Plato to Weber /

Portis, Edward Bryan.

Reconstructing the classics : political theory from Plato to Weber / Reconstructing the classics Edward Bryan Portis. - 3rd ed. - Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2007. - xii, 206 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-192) and index.

Great books and political science -- Plato and the politics of beauty -- Aristotle and the politics of honor -- St. Augustine and the politics of sin -- St. Thomas Aquinas and the politics of salvation -- Machiavelli and the politics of glory -- Hobbes and the politics of fear -- Locke and the politics of rights -- Rousseau and the politics of citizenship -- Mill and the politics of character -- Marx and the politics of history -- Weber and the politics of culture -- Political theory and politics.

9780872893399 (alk. paper) 0872893391 (alk. paper)

2007013386


Political science--History.

JA81 / .P839 2007

320.01