Core Texts
It is crucial to have your own copy of the core texts (indicated below) and
bring them with you to Tutorials.
1. Plato
The Republic (esp. books I-V)
Available free on-line @
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.1.introduction.html
2. Aristotle
The Politics (esp.book 1, chs 1-6; book III, chs 1-18)
Available free on-line @
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.2.two.html
The Nicomachean Ethics (book V, chs 1-5)
Available free on-line @
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html
3. N Machiavelli
The Prince
(Entire text)
Available free on-line @
http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm
4. T Hobbes
Leviathan (esp. pt 1, chs 10-16, pt II - chs 17-30)
Available free on-line @
http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathancontents.html
5. J Locke
The Second Treatise on Government
(Entire text)
Available free on-line @
http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtreat.htm
General Reading – Books, journals etc
*
= Important text
Many of these texts contain introductory chapters on the thinkers we are studying.
Skinner
The Foundations of Modern Political Thought.
Vol.2, The Age of reformation
Wolin, S
Politics and Vision
MacPherson,
C. B The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism
Burns & Goldie (eds.) The Cambridge History of Political Thought 14501700
Foryth, & Keens-Soper Political Classics: a guide to the essential texts
from Plato to Rousseau
*Hampsher-Monk, I
A History of Modern Political Thought
McLelland, J. S
A History of Political Thought
Pateman, C
The Problem of Political Obligation
*Plamenatz, J
Man & Society: political and social theories from
Machiavelli to Marx
Sabine, G
The History of Political Thought
Topic Readings
Plato
Plato
Plato
Annas, J
Lycos, K
Kraut, R (ed.)
Reeve, C.D.C.
Rice, D. H.
Santas, G (ed.)
Samaras, T
Vlastos, G (ed.)
Williams, B
Wilson, J. F.
The Laws
The Statesman
Plato: a very short introduction
Plato on justice and power
Plato’s Republic: critical essays
Philosopher-kings: the argument of Plato’s
Republic
A guide to Plato’s Republic
The Blackwell guide to Plato’s Republic
Plato on democracy
Plato: a collection of critical essays
Plato: the invention of philosophy
The politics of moderation: an interpretation of
Plato’s Republic
Note: you will also find these articles on Plato on the WebCT site
for this module
Heinaman, R., ‘Social Justice in Plato’s Republic,’ Polis, 15 (1998), pp.
23-44.
Loizou, A., ‘The Threefold Psyche and the Dramatisation of Justice in
Plato’s Republic,’ Polis, 16 (1999), pp. 30-50.
Demetriou, K. N., ‘A ‘Legend’ in Crisis: The Debate over Plato’s Politics,’
1930-1960, Polis, 19 (2002), pp. 61-92.
McCoy, M. B., ‘Sophistry and Philosophy in Plato’s Republic,’ Polis, 22, 2
(2005), pp. 265-86.
Schofield, M., ‘Law and Absolutism in the Republic,’ Polis, 23, 2 (2006),
pp. 319-27.
Wallach, J. R., ‘Democracy in Ancient Greek Political Theory: 1906–2006,’
Polis, 23, 2 (2006), pp. 350-67.
Aristotle
Aristotle
The Nicomachean ethics
Barker, E. (trans.)The Politics of Aristotle
Everson, S (ed.) The Politics and The Constitution of Athens
Shields, C
Aristotle
Kraut, R (ed.)
The Blackwell guide to Aristotle’s Nicomachean ethics
Frank, J
A democracy of distinction: Aristotle and the work of politics
Kraut, R
Aristotle: political philosophy
Barnes, J
Aristotle: a very short introduction
Voegelin, E
Plato and Aristotle
Barnes, J (ed.)
The Cambridge companion to Aristotle
Miller, F. D.
Nature, justice, and rights in Aristotle’s Politics
Ross, D
Aristotle
Barnes, J
Aristotle
Grimaldi, W. M.A. Aristotle’s Rhetoric: a commentary
Barker, E
The political thought of Plato and Aristotle
Machiavelli
Machiavelli, N
Coyle, M (ed.)
Plamenatz, J
Viroli, M et al (ed.)
Garver, E
Hulliung, M
Skinner, Q
Fleisher, M (ed.)
Gilmore, M. P (ed.)
Parel, A
Discourse on Livy
Available free on-line @
http://www.constitution.org/liberlib.htm
Niccolò
Machiavelli's
The
prince:
new
interdisciplinary essays
Man and society: political and social theories from
Machiavelli to Marx Vol. 1, From the Middle Ages
to Locke. -- 2nd ed
Machiavelli and republicanism
Machiavelli and the history of prudence
Citizen Machiavelli
Machiavelli
Machiavelli and the nature of political thought
Studies on Machiavelli
The political calculus: essays on Machiavelli's
philosophy
Hobbes
Baumgold, D
Hobbes’s Political Theory
Beackon, S & Reeve, A The Benefits of Reasonable Conduct: The
Leviathan Theory of Obligation, Political Theory, 4,
4, (1976) pp.423-38
Gauthier, D
The Logic of Leviathan: The Moral and Political
Theory of Thomas Hobbes
Gauthier, D
The Social Contract as Ideology, Philosophy and
Public Affairs, 6, 2, (1977) p.130-6
Hampsher-Monk, I
A History of Modern Political Thought ch.1
Hampton, J
Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition
Kavka, G
Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory
Macpherson, C. B
The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism
ch.2
McNeilly, F. S
The Anatomy of Leviathan
Peters, R. S
Hobbes
Rogers, G. A & Ryan, A Perspectives on Thomas Hobbes
von Leyden, W
Hobbes and Locke
Warrender, H
The Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
Locke
von Leyden, W
Dunn, J
Gough
, J. W
Grant, R
Hampsher-Monk, I
Harris, I
Macpherson, C. B
Pateman, C
Pitkin, H
Schochet, G. J (ed.)
Hobbes and Locke
The Political Thought of John Locke
John Locke’s Political Philosophy
John Locke’s Liberalism
A History of Modern Political Thought ch.2
The Mind of John Locke
The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism
ch.5
The Problem of Political Obligation
Obligation and Consent, American Political Science
Review, 59 & 60 (1965-66)
Life, Liberty and Property: Essays on Locke’s
Political Ideas