Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide a fascinating introduction to the major figures and schools of thought that have shaped contemporary politics, including:

Aristotle

Simone de Beauvoir

Michel Foucault

Mohandas Gandhi

Jurgen Habermas

Machiavelli

Karl Marx

Thomas Paine

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mary Wollstonecraft

Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of contemporary political thought.