Zviad Kliment Lazarashvili

Political Theory Made Simple Zviad Kliment Lazarashvili

Publisher Marketing: This is the second edition of a comprehensive college textbook on political theory by the three well established academic authors, Zviad Kliment Lazarashvili, Chieke, E. Ihejirika and Steven K. Steel of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. An excellent textbook on political theory for undergraduate and graduate students, which contains detailed explanations of theories of over twenty philosophers: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Philo, Marcus Aurelius, St. Augustine, Aquinas, Averroes, Machiavelli, Thomas More, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Marx, Kant, Mill, Henry David Thoreau, St. Ilia Chavchavadze, Confucius, Lao Tzu, MLK Jr., Hannah Arendt and John Rawls. Authors present the development of political theory in a historical perspective: from Hellenist era to Theocratic philosophers, from Social Contract Theorists to Political Economists, from Rational Idealists to Humanists, from Oriental Political Thinkers to American Civil Rights Movement. The book contains a chapter on Traditional Africanism: the case of Igbo Political Philosophy. Extensive Reference includes Magna Carta, The Declaration of Independence, The US Constitution and the Gettysburg Address - complete and unabridged versions.