TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spellman,W M
TI  - Short history of western political thought 
SN  - 9780230545588
AV  - JA81 .S64 2011
U1  - 320.01 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York 
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Political science
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - History / Civilization
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Political Science / History & Theory
KW  - Philosophy / Political
KW  - Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Civil Society and Human Flourishing -- City States and Republics, c.400 BCE-400 -- Heavenly Mandates, 400-1500 -- The Emergence of the Sovereign State, 1500-1700 -- From Subject to Citizen, 1700-1815 -- Ideology and Equality, 1815-1914 -- Breakdown and Uncertainty, 1914-2010 -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Index
N2  - "This book provides a highly accessible narrative survey of political thought over the past two millenia. Exploring many key ideas in the Western tradition, it begins with the classic political thought of the ancient Greeks, it moves through the medieval and early Christian views of politics, and concludes by exploring the modern re-interpretation of political life"--Provided by publisher
ER  -