Reflections on Political Theory: A Voice of Reason from the Past

by Neal Wood

Book Overview

In this thought-provoking study, Neal Wood challenges the conception of political theory as a lofty discipline remote from the world of real politics. Drawing on the examples of thinkers from Plato to those of the nineteenth century, he attempts to define political theory by examining the nature of the state and politics, by identifying the major characteristics that their theories share and by analyzing the conditions that have favoured their creation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349428787
• ISBN13: 9781349428786
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"