This groundbreaking work presents a transformative perspective on political theory. This text is not just an introduction to political theory, it′s a call to broaden the discipline′s horizons, making it more globally aware and methodologically diverse.
The authors introduce a novel approach to political theory that expands the scope of the discipline beyond traditional philosophical texts and Eurocentric perspectives. The text integrates canonical Western texts with diverse sources of political thought from a wide range of times and places – spanning the Vedas to the Quaran, the Upanishads to the Popol Vuh. This is the first introductory text to incorporate such a variety of texts and authors with each thinker (whether Plato or Laozi, Du Bois or Confucious) introduced in a way that’s both accessible and relevant today.
The text also demonstrates the possibilities for comparison and connections in teaching political theory. Cross-cutting themes of gender, race and colonialism connect disparate ideas across time periods and geographies, forging a comprehensive network of political thought.
This pioneering textbook reshapes the way political theory is taught and understood and is an essential companion for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of political theory as much as it will be for anyone interested in global political thought. This text is a must-read for anyone looking to understand the full spectrum of political thought and its application in today′s interconnected world.
Table of Content
Chapter 1: What is political theory?
Chapter 2: Great texts
Chapter 3: The origins of politics
Chapter 4: War and violence
Chapter 5: The state and its alternatives
Chapter 6: Political action
Chapter 7: Property and territory
Chapter 8: Equality and hierarchy
Chapter 9: Ritual
Chapter 10: Development and progress
Chapter 11: Gender, race, and colonialism
About the author
Murad Idris is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan in the US. He writes on war, peace, empire, anticolonialism, religion, and Islamic political thought. He is the author of War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought (Oxford University Press, 2019) and co-editor with Leigh Jenco and Megan Thomas of The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Political Theory (Oxford University Press, 2020). His articles have appeared in Perspectives on Politics, Critical Times, Political Theory, Modern Intellectual History, and European Journal of Political Theory, among others. At the University of Michigan, he teaches classes that span the history of ancient, modern, and contemporary political thought.
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