{"product_id":"a-history-of-political-thought-property-labor-and-commerce-from-plato-to-piketty-paperback-softback-9781487525903","title":"A History of Political Thought; Property, Labor, and Commerce from Plato to Piketty (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487525903","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Political Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProperty, Labor, and Commerce from Plato to Piketty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey Bercuson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487525903\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA History of Political Thought\u003c\/em\u003e is an accessible introduction to the history of political and economic thought; its main focus is the rise, and eventual consolidation, of modern market society. It asks: What are the effects of private property and commerce on individual well-being and on the stability of the political community?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e answers this central question through the careful study of political philosophers and economists, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century. The book does not have an ideological agenda and gives equal voice to thinkers on opposite sides of the political spectrum. This is one of its key merits and a mark of distinction: its willingness to treat stark opponents – Hobbes and Locke, Smith and Marx, Keynes and Hayek, among others – as equally worthy of serious study. In doing so, the book provides students with a very powerful arsenal of ideas about the evolution of the market and also provides a solid introduction to the history of political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. \"The Less They Value Virtue\": Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas on the Corrupting Influence of Moneymaking – Personal and Political\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \"The Felicity of This Life\": Machiavelli and Hobbes on the Possibility of Delightful Living \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \"The Desire of Having More\": Locke on Labor and the Right to Accumulate without Limit \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \"A Course Intended by Nature\": Smith and Kant on the Overwhelming Benefits of Commerce – Domestic and International \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \"Make Money Contemptible and, If Possible, Useless\": Rousseau on Modern Discontent \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. \"The Reason Which Shines Through\": Hegel on the Ethical Dimensions of the Market \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \"Free, Conscious Activity\": Marx on Alienation and the Path to Human Emancipation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. \"A Dozen Wise Men\": Lenin on the Revolutionary Vanguard \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. \"The Function of Industry\": Tawney on the Demands of Equality and the Need for Democracy \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. \"Reflection, Brooding, Worry, Love, and Hatred\": Nietzsche on a Higher Concept of Culture \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. \"The Nobler Exercise of the Faculties\": Keynes on the Art of Enjoyment \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. \"A Narrow Field of Vision\": Hayek on the Limits of Knowledge \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. \"The Curse of Money\": Rawls on Plutocracy and the Demands of Economic Justice \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. \"An Endless Spiral\": Piketty on the Dynamics of Wealth and Income Inequality in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595740705048,"sku":"9781487525903","price":28.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-political-thought-property-labor-and-commerce-from-plato-to-piketty-paperback-softback-9781487525903","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}