Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought

Edited by Cary J. Nederman, Professor of Political Science, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, US and Guillaume Bogiaris, Champlain College, Saint-Lawrence, Canada

• ContentsAbout the editors xList of contributors xiPreface and acknowledgements xviIntroduction to the Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought 1Cary J. Nederman and Guillaume BogiarisPART I METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES1 Philosophical analysis 7Adrian Blau2 Leo Strauss and Straussianism 19Alex Priou3 The Cambridge School 31James Alexander4 Comparative political thought 42Takamichi Sakurai5 Feminism 53Karen Green6 Historical materialism 62Rafael KhachaturianPART II HISTORIOGRAPHIES7 Platonism 76Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides8 Aristotelianism 89Kelvin Knight9 Stoicism 99Tristan J. Rogers10 Christianity 110Ben Peterson11 Islam 121Andrew F. March12 Liberalism 134Dirk Schuck13 Conservatism 143Emily Jones14 Republicanism 153Cary J. Nederman15 Libertarianism 166Rosolino A. CandelaPART III HISTORICAL ERAS16 Ancient Greece 178Rebecca LeMoine17 Ancient Rome 189Dean Hammer18 Western Middle Ages 199Chris Jones19 Arabic Middle Ages 210Mohamad Ghossein20 Renaissance 221Catherine R. Power21 Reformation 232Jarrett A. Carty22 Seventeenth century 242Karie Schultz23 Eighteenth century 253Megan Gallagher24 Nineteenth century 264Jeffrey ChurchPART IV MAJOR AUTHORS25 Plato 277Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides26 Aristotle 289Thornton LockwoodEva Anagnostou-Laoutides27 Cicero 301Gary Remer28 Augustine 314Colleen E. Mitchell29 Thomas Aquinas 327Cary J. Nederman30 Marsilius of Padua 338Alessandro Mulieri31 Machiavelli 347Guillaume Bogiaris32 Hobbes 358Kye Barker33 Locke 368Garion Frankel34 Montesquieu 380Constantine Christos Vassiliou35 Rousseau 393Megan K. Dyer36 Kant 404Cary J. Nederman37 Edmund Burke 414Garion Frankel38 Catharine Macaulay 426Alan Coffee39 Mary Wollstonecraft 436Laura Brace40 John Stuart Mill 447Brandon Turner41 Marx 458Terrell Carver

‘Nederman and Bogiaris have done a brilliant job of editing the Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought. The book is full of gems, clearly written summaries of complicated fields that will help and delight scholars, students and general readers. It is a major accomplishment and very much to be welcomed.’