This volume presents lucid and insightful lectures on three great figures from the history of political thought, by John Plamenatz (1912-1975), a leading politi

This volume presents lucid and insightful lectures on three great figures from the history of political thought. It explores a range of themes in the political

Rousseau's relation to the Western intellectual tradition is re-examined through a series of 'conversations' between Rousseau and other 'great thinkers'.

Although indisputably one of the most important thinkers in the Western intellectual tradition, Rousseau's actual place within that tradition, and the legacy of

This clear and thorough introduction provides students with the skills necessary to understand the main thinkers, texts and arguments of political philosophy an