50 politics classics
Subtitle: freedom, equality, power : mind-changing ideas, world-changing books
By: Tom Butler-Bowdon
Series: 50 classics series
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781857886290
Subjects: Politicians; Political science
Other titles: Fifty politics classics
Description: New from the award winning 50 Classics series the most influential ideas that shaped the political agenda are brought to life. From the great thinkers in political philosophy such as Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu and Machiavelli, to the practitioners of power and influence including Lincoln, Mao, Churchill, Kennedy, Gandhi, Thatcher and Mandela. Who came up with the term 'soft power'? What is the 'clash of civilizations'? Do we now live in a 'post- American world'? 50 Politics Classics provides answers, with 4 to 5 page commentaries on each title including representative quotes and author biographies. 50 Politics Classics provides the perfect entry point to the field to the books, speeches and pamphlets that really changed minds and changed the world in the process and provides balanced and objective treatment of the most influential ideas at a time of great political upheaval worldwide.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.