Comparative Political Philosophy

Anthony Parel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule (Lexington, 2000). Ronald Keith is Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, and is the author of numerous articles on China.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to the Second EditionChapter 2 The Comparative Study of Political PhilosophyChapter 3 Classical Western Political PhilosophyChapter 4 Modern Western Political PhilosophyChapter 5 Law and Society in Confucian ThoughtChapter 6 Mao Zedong and His Political ThoughtChapter 7 What Good is Democracy? The Alternatives in China and the WestChapter 8 Of Artha and the ArthasastraChapter 9 Mahatma Gandhi's Critique of ModernityChapter 10 Farabi and Greek Political PhilosophyChapter 11 Khomeini's Doctrine of Legitimacy

Comparative Political Philosophy breaks the taboo of treating nonwestern political thinking as untouchable. . . . The publication of this book is an act of courage, and a landmark in the literature on political philosophy.