Modern Political Thought: A Reader,John Gingell, Adrian Little,

Taylor & Francis

Modern Political Thought: A Reader is an excellent introduction to the key works of the major political thinkers from the English Civil War to the end of the 19th Century. It draws together the most important parts of seminal works of political thought such as Hobbes' Leviathan, Locke's Treatises, Rousseau's The Social Contract, Mill's On Liberty, together with substantial extracts from Machiavelli's The Prince and Marx's Capital. Accessible introductions are provided for each thinker, explaining their lives and works, and placing them in the historical context in which they worked and wrote.\n > Preface 1. Extract from The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli 2. Extract from Areopagitican, Extract from An Agreement of the Free People of England Extract from The Law of Freedom in a Platform John Milton and the Levellers 3. Extract from Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 4. Extract from Two Treatises of Government John Locke 5. Extract from A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 6. Extract from The Spi.