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Author Lessnoff, Michael H. (Michael Harry)

Title Political philosophers of the twentieth century / Michael H. Lessnoff
Published Oxford [England] ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1999

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Description vi, 304 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Introduction. 2. Max Weber and the Politics of the Twentieth Century -- Pt. I. Critics of Consumerist Capitalism. 3. Herbert Marcuse and the Frankfurt School: The Tyranny of Instrumental Reason. 4. Hannah Arendt: Classical Republicanism and the Modern World. 5. C. B. Macpherson: Possessive Individualism and Liberal Democracy -- Pt. II. Embattled Liberalism. 6. Michael Oakeshott: Rationalism and Civil Association. 7. Friedrich Hayek: The Theory of Spontaneous Order. 8. Karl Popper: Critical Rationalism and the Open Society. 9. Isaiah Berlin: Monism and Pluralism -- Pt. III. Contemporaries. 10. John Rawls: Liberal Justice. 11. Robert Nozick: The Minimal State. 12. Jurgen Habermas: Discourse Ethics and Democracy. 13. Conclusion: The End of History?
Analysis Political ideologies
Hayek, Friedrich A. von
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Max Weber
Herbert Marcuse
Hannah Arendt
C B Macpherson
Michael Oakeshott
Karl Popper
Isaiah Berlin
John Rawls
Robert Nozick
Jurgen Habermas
Political science - History - 20th century
Political science - Philosophy - History - 20th century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979.
Habermas, Jürgen.
Habermas, JÃÂÃÂ1/4rgen
Weber, Max, 1864-1920.
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
Macpherson, C. B. (Crawford Brough), 1911-1987.
Oakeshott, Michael, 1901-1990.
Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992.
Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994.
Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
Rawls, John, 1921-2002.
Nozick, Robert.
Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century.
Political science -- History -- 20th century.
LC no. 98022987
ISBN 0631202617 paperback alkaline paper
0631202609 alkaline paper
Other Titles Political philosophers of the 20th century