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( Semester V ) Paper Psc.05 WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT This paper studies the classical tradition in political theory from Plato to Marx with a view to understand how the great thinkers explained and analyzed political events and problems of their times and prescribed solutions. The texts are to.be interpreted both in their historical and philosophical perspectives to understand the universality of the enterprise of political theorizing. Course Content: Major Ideas, Theories and Contributions of the following Thinkers: 1. Greek Political Thought: Plato — Law, Justice & Communism Aristotle — Slavery, State on Revolution 2. Machiavelli: Human nature, State craft, Religion and Politics 3. Contractualists: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, State of nature, Social Contract JS. Mill: Liberty, Representative Government, Position of Women Hegel: Dialectics, State, Freedom Marx: Historical Materialism, State and Class Struggle. aAwP> Readings: Barker, E., Zhe Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle, New York, Dover Publications, 1959. aroomenens, , Greek Political Theory: Plato and His Predecessors, New Delhi, B.L Publications, 1964. -—--—--, The Politics of Aristotle, translated with introduction, notes and appendix, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995. Berki, RN, The History of. ‘Political Thought: A Short Introduction, London, Dent, 1977. Bronowski, J and B. Mazlish, Western Intellectual Tradition, Harmondsworth, Penguins, 1960. Coleman, J., 4 History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early Christianity, London, Blackwell, 2000. .~ Hampsher-Monk, I.W., Modern Political Thought from Hobbes to Marx, Oxford, Basil, Blackwell, 1992. : Klosko, G., The Development 9) ‘Plato's Thought, London, Methuen, 1986. Macpherson, C.B., The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973... Mulgan, R., G., Aristotle's Political Theory: An Introduction for Students of Political Theory, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1977. Mukherjee, S and S. Ramaswamy, A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx, New Delhi, Prentice Hall, 1999. Plamentaz, J., Man and Society, 2 Vols., London, Longman, 1963. Skinner, Q., The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, 2 volumes, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990. Thorson, T.L., Plato: Totalitarian or Democrat, Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice Hall, 1963. Warburton, N,, J. Pike and D. Matravers, Reading Political Philosophy: Machivelli to Mill, London, Routledge in association with Open University, 2000. 
