Modern Political Thought

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Modern Political Thought is written by David Wootton and published by Hackett Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0872203417 (ISBN 10) and 9780872203419 (ISBN 13).

Presents unabridged works and substantive abridgments in preeminent translations, along with balanced, lucid, sophisticated introductions. This book includes a wide and balanced selection of many of the more important texts of modern political thought. To its great credit, it provides pertinent excerpts from frequently neglected authors, such as Calvin and Hume, which it nicely juxtaposes appear to be good, and the introductions to each section help to situate the writers in their historical and intellectual context and to alert students to some of the central issues that arise in the texts. This book offers an economical and useful approach to modern political thought.