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Lectures On The Philosophy Of World History

by G. W. F. Hegel

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 An English translation of Hegel's introduction to his lectures on the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German edition by Johannes Hoffmaister, first published in 1955.
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Turgot On Progress, Sociology And Economics - A Philosophical Review Of The Successive Advances Of The Human Mind On Universal History Reflections On The Formation And The Distribution Of Wealth

by Ronald L. Meek

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 This volume explores the renowned author and lecturer A. R. J. Turgot (1727â€"81). Through three different essays, Professor Meek has prefaced his own translations of the three texts with an introduction in which he analyses the interesting interrelationship between Turgot's political, economic and sociological theories.
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Social Science And The Ignoble Savage

by Ronald L. (University Of Leicester) Meek

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 Professor Meek traces the prehistory of the four stages theory, an eighteenth-century theory of socio-economic development, from its emergence with French and Scottish Enlightenment thinkers to its modification by critics and revisionists. He argues the theory was shaped by literature about savage societies, especially American Indian.
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

by James Fitzjames Stephen

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 R. J. White's 1967 edition made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and as the most forthright of the Victorian attacks on democracy.
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Francogallia

by Francois Hotman e Ralph E. Giesey

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 The intricate collation of the variorum Latin readings by Professor Giesey here demonstrates that nearly half the complete work consists of material added by Hotman to later editions in such a manner as substantially to modify the argument and balance of the original Francogallia. This definitive Latin edition contains a facing English translation by Professor Salmon.
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Freedom And Independence - A Study Of The Political Ideas Of Hegel'S Phenomenology Of Mind

by Judith N. Shklar

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 Originally published in 1976, this book was written specifically to guide students of political theory who want to understand Hegel's political ideas as they appear in The Phenomenology of Mind. Professor Shklar's commentary uses plain language and English translations of references wherever possible.
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The Tragedy Of Enlightenment - An Essay On The Frankfurt School

by Paul Connerton

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 First published in 1980, this essay on the Frankfurt School deals with one of the most important threads in the story of cultural migration from Europe which began in the 1930s. The purpose of this book is to convey an overall sense of the continuities and discontinuities in the concerns of the school's core members over two generations.
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J. G. Herder On Social And Political Culture

by F. M. Barnard e J. G. Herder

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 The texts collected in this volume, which was originally published in 1969, contain Herder's most original and stimulating ideas on politics, history and language. In his introduction, Professor Barnard analyses the basic premises of Herder's political thought against the background of the Enlightenment.
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Selected Writings Of August Cieszkowski

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 Includes selections from the most important and representative writings of the philosopher, economist, social reformer and political activist August Cieszkowski (1814â€"1894), whose daring critique of Hegel marked the beginning of the radicalization of the Hegelian school.
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Political Philosophy And Rhetoric - A Study Of The Origins Of American Party Politics

by John (University Of East Anglia) Zvesper

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 This book analyses the origins of modern party politics in America. Dr Zvesper argues that the partisan conflict between Federalists and Republicans in the 1790s was not merely an interesting historical sequel to the American Revolution and the framing of the Constitution, but was a confrontation of two of the fundamental alternatives of modern political philosophy.
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The Social Problem In The Philosophy Of Rousseau

by John Charvet

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 This is a critical study of the political and social ideas of Jean Jacques Rousseau. The importance of the book lies in the originality and the implications of Charvet's critical analysis of this attempted translation, and thus of Rousseau's social philosophy in general.
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John Locke And The Theory Of Sovereignty - Mixed Monarchy And The Right Of Resistance In The Political Thought Of The English Revolution

by Julian H. Franklin

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 Professor Franklin here explains a major innovation associated with the English Civil Wars. It was only now, he shows, that there finally emerged a theory of sovereignity and resistance that was fully compatible with a mixed constitution.
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Men And Citizens - A Study Of Rousseau'S Social Theory

by Judith N. Shklar

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 This book, first published in 1969, is widely regarded as one of the best studies of Rousseau's thought in any language. In it, Professor Shklar examines Rousseau's central concern: given that modern civilisation is intolerable and a return to the state of nature impossible, how is man to arrange his existence in society?
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Texts Concerning The Revolt Of The Netherlands

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 Through detailed annotation and an editorial introduction, Professor Kossman and Dr Mellink gather together the threads of the complicated story and analyse some of the major theoretical problems discussed by sixteenth-century Netherlands, and sixteenth-century Europe in general and to all those interested in the history and development of political theory.
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Lloyd George'S Secretariat

by John Turner

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 When Lloyd George became Prime Minister during the First World War he appointed a private secretariat to help him run the complex machinery of wartime government.
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Adam Smith'S Politics - An Essay In Historiographic Revision

by Donald (University Of Sussex) Winch

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 This essay in interpretation seeks to provide a more historical reading of certain political themes which recur in Smith's writings.
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Resistance And Compromise - The Political Thought Of The Elizabethan Catholics

by Peter Holmes

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 Dr Holmes concentrates on the two principal dilemmas which faced Catholics: whether they should remain loyal to the Queen or might resist her government. He sees the Catholic response to both these problems as being an interplay between the desire to resist and the need to find compromise with the political and religious status quo.
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Sister Peg - A Pamphlet Hitherto Unknown By David Hume

by David R. Raynor

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 Hume's satirical allegory recounts the relations between England (John Bull of Bull-hall) and Scotland (Sister Peg of Thistledown) from earliest times until April 1760 when a bill to extend the militia to Scotland was defeated in parliament due to the opposition of the Duke of Newcastle, Hardwicke, and King George II.
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Jean Bodin And The Rise Of Absolutist Theory

by Julian H. Franklin

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 The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 polarised French constitutional ideas. Appearing on one side was a radicalised version of the French constitution. On the other side was the theory of royal absolutism systematically developed by Bodin. The central thesis of this book is that Bodin's absolutism was as unprecedented as the doctrine it opposed.
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De Republica Anglorum - By Sir Thomas Smith

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 De Republica Anglorum was written by Sir Thomas Smith in 1562â€"5 when he was Queen Elizabeth's ambassador to France. His avowed intention was to describe English social institutions, judicial system and governmental procedures for the benefit of foreigners, explaining in what way the English system 'differs from the others'.
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A Critique Of Freedom And Equality

by John Charvet

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 This book is about the grounds of ethical life, or the nature and basis of our ethical obligations. Charvet considers the ideas of the freedom and equality of men and shows that there is a radical incoherence underlying them which consists in the failure to integrate in a coherent way the particular and the moral or communal dimensions of individual life.
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A Machiavellian Treatise

by Stephen Gardiner

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 In this work, which has survived only in manuscript form and in Italian, Gardiner analyses the great dynastic changes in England's past in order to provide Phillip II with a guide to ruling England and establishing a Catholic dynasty. Gardiner's work is perhaps the clearest example of an attempt to relate Machiavelli's political theories to practical political problems.
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Sir John Davies And The Conquest Of Ireland - A Study In Legal Imperialism

by Hans S. Pawlisch

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 This study examines the Law Reports of Sir John Davies and litigation pleaded before the central Irish courts during the period in which Davies served in Ireland as solicitor-general (1603â€"6) and attorney-general (1606â€"19). It explicates the legal and jurisprudential issues involved and draws out their deeper political implications.
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Revolution Principles - The Politics Of Party 1689â€“1720

by J. P. Kenyon

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 First published in 1977, this book offers an analysis of one of the most complex and difficult periods in British politics. The author discusses the basic principles under which politicians operated, whether Whig or Tory, during the "post-Revolution" period.
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