How to think politically

Author Name: Graeme Garrard

Author: Graeme Garrard and James Bernard Murphy For politics, what is the most pressing issue today? No less than how we should live, as individuals and as societies. This book goes beyond the superficial headlines, fake news, and media frenzy to explore the fundamental questions and the answers provided by a group of 30 of history's greatest political thinkers. Are we political, economic, or religious beings? Should we live in small towns, states, or multinational empires? What values ​​should politics promote? Should wealth be private or shared? Do animals have rights? No idea is too close or too far, too tolerant or too extreme for this global group of thinkers, which includes Confucius, Plato, Augustine, Machiavelli, Burke, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Nietzsche, Gandhi, Qutb, Arendt, Nussbaum, and Rawls. In dense chapters, the authors paint a vivid portrait of these perceptive, always compelling political thinkers, showing how their ideas arose from the dramatic moments of their lives and evolved beyond them. Now, more than ever, we need to be reminded that politics can be a noble, inspiring, and civilizing art. If we are to understand today's political world, we must understand the foundations of politics as laid by its architects. This book is the perfect guide.