Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including:  Aristotle Simone de Beauvoir Michel Foucault Mohandas Gandhi Jurgen Habermas Machiavelli Karl Marx Thomas Paine Jean-Jacques Rousseau Mary Wollstonecraft. Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought.

Fifty Major Political Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides)

Biographies & Memoirs

Adams, Ian

Dyson, R.W.

Reference & Collections

Routledge

Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including: <ul>
<li>Aristotle</li> <li>Simone de Beauvoir</li> <li>Michel Foucault</li> <li>Mohandas Gandhi</li> <li>Jurgen Habermas</li> <li>Machiavelli</li> <li>Karl Marx</li> <li>Thomas Paine</li> <li>Jean-Jacques Rousseau</li> <li>Mary Wollstonecraft.</li>
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Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Reflections for Daily Prayer is a highly valued daily Bible companion based on the Common Worship Lectionary. Each day, Monday to Saturday, some of the very best writers from across the Anglican tradition offer insightful, informed and inspiring reflections on one of the dayâ€™s readings for Morning Prayer. Their reflections will appeal to anyone who values both the companionship of daily Bible notes and the structure of the Lectionary. For every day (excluding Sundays) of the 2013/14 church year, there are full references and a quotation from the dayâ€™s set of Scripture readings, a concise but challenging commentary on the readings and a collect. In addition, the book includes a simple order for morning and night prayer, an introduction to the practice of daily prayer by Bishop John Pritchard and a guide to reading the Bible reflectively by Bishop Stephen Cottrell. Contributors to the 2013-2014 edition: Ian Adams, Christopher Cocksworth, Stephen Conway, Stephen Cottrell, Steven Croft, Paul Kennedy, Barbara Mosse, Nadim Nasser, Mark Oakley, Helen Orchard, Sue Pickering, John Pritchard, Angela Tilby, and Catherine Williams.

Reflections for Daily Prayer: Advent 2013 to Christ the King 2014

Pickering, Sue

Kennedy, Paul

Croft, Steven

Oakley, Mark

Cottrell, Stephen

Conway, Stephen

Cocksworth, Christopher

Orchard, Helen

TILBY, Angela

Williams, Catherine

Pritchard, John.

Mosse, Barbara

Nasser, Nadim

Religion & Spirituality

Church House Publishing

Reflections on the Psalms provides insightful commentary on each of the Psalms from the same experienced team of writers that have made Reflections for Daily Prayer so popular. It offers inspiring and undated reflections on all 150 psalms, with longer psalms split into parts in accordance with the Lectionary. Each reflection is accompanied by its corresponding Psalm refrain and prayer from the Common Worship Psalter, making this a valuable resource for personal or devotional use. Specially written introductions by Paula Gooder and Steven Croft explore the Psalms and the Bible and the Psalms in the life of the Church.

Reflections on the Psalms

An introduction to political ideologies, this book explains the nature of ideology and its part in political life. It then examines liberalism, socialism, conservatism, marxism, anarchism and fascism in turn, taking a broadly historical approach to show how each has evolved. The new right in the 1980s is also discussed, together with more recent developments in religious and sexual politics. Adams shows that contemporary ideological thinking is thriving, despite the "end of ideology" proclaimed after the capitalist West's triumph in the Cold War. He also discusses prospects for future ideological developments. This book is designed for A level students and undergraduates of politics, and political theory and philosophy.

Political Ideology Today (Politics Today)

Politics & Government

Manchester Univ Pr

Political Ideology Today (Politics Today Series)

Politics and ideology now exist in a confused and changing world where traditional political doctrines are being reformulated and challenged by new ones. Politicians still call themselves socialists, conservatives and liberals, but amongst these groups exist very different understandings of what these terms represent. This volume examines the variety of ideas, values and doctrines that influence British politics today, in the light of how they developed and arrived in their present state. The first section of the book looks at different aspects of the wider context: the nature of political doctrines or ideologies, and the role they play in politics in general; the British constitution and how one ideology - liberalism - has been especially important in shaping it; and the role of economic theory in modern politics. The main section of the book examines individual ideologies, broadly grouped into two catagories of "mainstream" (conservatism, socialism, liberalism and nationalism) and the "fringe" (greens, the far left and the far right). Finally a short section considers the future and what forces may shape the further development of those doctrines which are part of British politics today.

Ideology and Politics in Britain Today (Politics Today)

Politicians still call themselves socialists, conservatives and liberals, but among these groups exist very different understandings of what these terms represent. This new book provides a clear, comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the ideas and doctrines that have shaped, and will continue to shape, British politics. The first section of the book looks at different aspects of the wider context, the nature of political doctrines or ideologies and the role they play in politics in general. The main section of the book examines individual ideologies, broadly grouped into two categories of "mainstream" ideologies--conservatism, socialism, liberalism, and nationalism--and the "fringe"--namely the Greens, the far left and the far right. British democracy, economic policy and consensus, the nature of ideological thinking and its place in politics are also considered. Finally, a short section considers the future: what forces, such as globalization and postmodernity, will shape the further development of those doctrines which are part of British politics today?

Ideology and politics in Britain today (Politics Today)

Manchester University Press

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