Modern Political Thought: A Readeris an excellent introduction to the key works of the major political thinkers from the English Civil War to the end of the 19th Century. It draws together the most important parts of seminal works of political thought such as Hobbes'Leviathan, Locke'sTreatises, Rousseau'sThe Social Contract, Mill'sOn Liberty, together with substantial extracts from Machiavelli'sThe Princeand Marx'sCapital. Accessible introductions are provided for each thinker, explaining their lives and works, and placing them in the historical context in which they worked and wrote. | Modern Political Thought by John Gingell, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters