The History of Political Thought Audiobook Libro.fm

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Thinking about politics has tended to be historical in nature because of the comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn between past and present Different periods in politics have used the past differently At times political thought can be said to have been drawn directly from the study of history at others perhaps including our own time the relationship is more indirect

This Very Short Introduction explores the core concerns and questions in the field of the history of political thought Richard Whatmore considers the history of political thought as a branch of political philosophy/political science and examines the approaches of core theorists such as Reinhart Koselleck Strauss Michel Foucault and the socalled Cambridge School of Quentin Skinner and John Pocock Assessing the current relationship between political history theory and action Whatmore concludes with an analysis of its relevance for current politics