This work deals with the lack of attention that the policy sciences have paid to the history of Western political philosophy. A group of ten essays, written by some of the most respected political theorists, explain how knowledge of a specific historical thinker or school of thought can lead to a ...
This work deals with the lack of attention that the policy sciences have paid to the history of Western political philosophy. A group of ten essays, written by some of the most respected political theorists, explain how knowledge of a specific historical thinker or school of thought can lead to a clearer appreciation of a particular contemporary American policy issue. Among the thinkers and topics covered are Plato and the media, Aristotle and public education, Hobbes and interest-group pluralism, Marx and computers, Locke and Native Americans' land claims, and Martin Luther on political leadership.