Western Political Philosophy – II
Overview
Objectives:
This course is continuation of “Western Political Philosophy-I”. It is designed to provide further understanding among the students regarding an evolution of Western Political thoughts in medieval and modern period. It deals with the political philosophy of the most representative thinkers of major political movements.
Contents:
1. Machiavelli;
2. Hobbes;
3. Locke;
4. Rousseau;
5. Bentham;
6. J.S. Mill;
7. Hegel;
8. Karl Marx and Lenin;
9. Laski
Credit hours/ Marks:- 04 Cr. Hrs.
1. Bertrand, Russel, A History of Western Philosophy, London, Allen & Unwin, 1957.
2. D.R. Bhandari, History of European Political Thought, New Delhi, 1962.
3. Ebenstein, Political Thought: From Plato to the Present, London, 1986.
4. G. H. Sabine, History of Political Thought, London, 1980.
5. Judd, Harmon, Political Thought: From Plato to the Present, London, McGraw Hill, 1964.
6. Kymlicka, Will, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction, London, Oxford University Press, 2006.
7. Paul Kelley (Ed.), Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present, London, Oxford University Press, 2006.
8. W.A., Dunning, History of Political Theories, New York, McMillan, 1935.
9. Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grant Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the 20th Century, New York, 1990.