The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers / Edition 2

by Robert Benewick, Philip Green

Overview

This edition has been revised and extended to include eleven new entries on Berlin, Chomsky, Derrida, Rorty and many others. Key features of this unique guide include:
* 170 entries from 96 contributors, many of whom are leading authorities in their field
* alphabetically arranged entries which include brief biographies, outlines of major ideas and suggestions for further reading
* coverage of Western and Third World political theorists as well as those who have influenced new movements based on the issues of ethnicity, gender and ecology
* a thematically organised index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415096232
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/1997
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert Benewick is Reader in Politics at the University of Sussex. Philip Green is Sophia Smith Professor of Government at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction, List of contributors, Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers, Index

Editorial Reviews

New edition of a dictionary of political thinkers from 1900 to the present. The entries are not limited to politicians, as evidenced by the inclusion of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Derrida, Rorty, and George Bernard Shaw. Each entry includes a brief biography, an outline of the individual's major ideas and texts, and a bibliography of their primary texts. There are 174 entries in all. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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