The History of Political Theory and Other Essays

by John Montfort Dunn and John Dunn

Book Overview

In this collection of essays, John Dunn brings his characteristically acute and penetrative insight to a wide range of political issues. In the first essay, 'The history of political theory', Professor Dunn argues for the importance of a historical perspective in the study of political thought. Other pieces engage with central concepts of political philosophy such as obligation, trust, freedom of conscience and property. A group of studies tackle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521497841
• ISBN13: 9780521497848
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"