EBOOK Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau

This volume presents lucid and insightful lectures on three great figures from the        history of political thought, by John Plamenatz (1912-1975), a leading political        philosopher of his time. He explores a range of themes in the political thought of        Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau, at substantially greater length and depth than in        his famous work of 1961, Man and Society. The lectures exemplify Plamenatz's view        that repeated engagement with the texts of canonical thinkerscan substantially        enrich and expand our capacity for political reflection. Edited by Mark Philp and        Zbigniew Pelczynski, the volume includes annotations to supply Plamenatz's sources        and to refer readers to developments in their interpretation. A substantial        introduction by Philp sets some of Plamenatz'sconcerns in the light of trends in        recent scholarship, and illuminates the relevance of his work to the contemporary        study of political thought.