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 -