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This collection of eighteenth-century British utopias shows how the image of the ideal society was used as a form of social criticism, and particularly as a means of focussing on ideas of progress and commercial development.

This collection of essays brings together the writings of the British idealists who made significant contributions to the social and political thought of the nineteenth century. Also included in this volume are British idealist biographies documenting major events in their lives as well as their principal writings.

This edition comprises all the essential political writings by Friedrich Schlegel, Schleiermacher and Novalis, the leading figures of the early romantic circle. The texts range from essays to jottings from notebooks, and most of them have been translated for the first time.

Presented here are three early Platonic dialogues in a new translation by Tom Griffith combining elegance, accuracy, freshness and fluency. Offering varied examples of Plato's encounters with the culture and politics of Athens, the dialogues are introduced and annotated by Malcolm Schofield, a well-known authority on ancient Greek political philosophy.

Collection of thirteen Leveller writings for students of the English civil wars and the history of political thought.

This edition comprises all the essential political writings by Friedrich Schlegel, Schleiermacher and Novalis, the leading figures of the early romantic circle. The texts range from essays to jottings from notebooks, and most of them have been translated for the first time.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is the central figure in American political thought. This selection of his major writings for the series of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought highlights not only Emerson's practical political involvement in issues like abolitionism, but also examines the philosophical basis of his political thinking.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is the central figure in American political thought. This selection of his major writings for the series of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought highlights not only Emerson's practical political involvement in issues like abolitionism, but also examines the philosophical basis of his political thinking.

Presented here are three early Platonic dialogues in a new translation by Tom Griffith combining elegance, accuracy, freshness and fluency. Offering varied examples of Plato's encounters with the culture and politics of Athens, the dialogues are introduced and annotated by Malcolm Schofield, a well-known authority on ancient Greek political philosophy.

Published between 1570 and 1590 these texts exemplify the development of the political ideas which motivated and legitimated resistance to the government of Philip II. They address notions of liberty, constitutionalism, representation and popular sovereignty, all of central importance to the events of the Dutch Revolt.

The texts in this 1997 collection represent major contributions to the debate over the respective authority of popes and councils in the Catholic Church, which resumed almost on the eve of the sixteenth-century Reformation. These complex arguments are fundamental for any society under government and they continue to retain their force today.

This collection of essays brings together the writings of the British idealists who made significant contributions to the social and political thought of the nineteenth century. Also included in this volume are British idealist biographies documenting major events in their lives as well as their principal writings.

This collection of eighteenth-century British utopias shows how the image of the ideal society was used as a form of social criticism, and particularly as a means of focussing on ideas of progress and commercial development.

This 1991 book is a collection of writings by early Reformation radicals which illustrates both the diversity and the areas of agreement in their political thinking. The texts are drawn from the period 1521-7, centring on the German Peasants' War of 1524-6.

Published between 1570 and 1590 these texts exemplify the development of the political ideas which motivated and legitimated resistance to the government of Philip II. They address notions of liberty, constitutionalism, representation and popular sovereignty, all of central importance to the events of the Dutch Revolt.

This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien regime was at its zenith. Riley provides a chronology, bibliography and a lucid introduction thus placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.

Collection of thirteen Leveller writings for students of the English civil wars and the history of political thought.

The texts in this 1997 collection represent major contributions to the debate over the respective authority of popes and councils in the Catholic Church, which resumed almost on the eve of the sixteenth-century Reformation. These complex arguments are fundamental for any society under government and they continue to retain their force today.

This edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes works by more than thirty authors. There is a particular emphasis on the sophists, with the inclusion of all of their significant surviving texts, and the works of Alcidamas, Antisthenes and the 'Old Oligarch' are also represented.

This edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes works by more than thirty authors. There is a particular emphasis on the sophists, with the inclusion of all of their significant surviving texts, and the works of Alcidamas, Antisthenes and the 'Old Oligarch' are also represented.