The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought / Edition 3

by Roger Scruton

Overview

This new edition takes sk of the revolutionary changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982. 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought providing an indispensable guide to the thought, the wisdom and the folly of modern politics by one of the most lucid philosophers of our time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403989529
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/07/2007
Edition description:	3rd ed. 2007
Pages:	744
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

ROGER SCRUTON is a writer, philosopher and public commentator. He engages in contemporary political and cultural debates from the standpoint of a conservative thinker and is well known as a powerful polemicist. He has written widely in the press on political and cultural issues. He is currently research professor for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences where he teaches philosophy at their graduate school in both Washington and Oxford. He is also a visiting professor at Princeton University teaching a course offered jointly through the politics and philosophy departments.

Table of Contents

Preface 1790 Alphabetical Detailed Entries

Editorial Reviews

'It is much more than a dictionary, and is in fact more akin an encyclopaedia in terms of content...an essential reference work that should be available in all government, public and academic libraries.' Terry O'Brien, Reference Reviews

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