Outputs (6)

Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter
Ramgotra, M., & Choat, S. (2023). Introduction. In M. Ramgotra, & S. Choat (Eds.), Rethinking Political Thinkers (1-16). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198847397.003.0001

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the study of political thought. It examines political thought as a specific way of understanding and analysing politics, highlighting some recent debates and developments, including the development of... Read More about Introduction.

Angela Y. Davis (2023)
Book Chapter
Ramgotra, M. (2023). Angela Y. Davis. In M. Ramgotra, & S. Choat (Eds.), Rethinking Political Thinkers (639-656). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198847397.003.0035

This chapter examines the core ideas of Angela Davis’s radical Marxist, abolitionist, political theory. It starts by looking at her experiences of racism, sexism, and imprisonment which underpin her activism to create a better world against the oppre... Read More about Angela Y. Davis.

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu (2023)
Book Chapter
Ramgotra, M. (2023). Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu. In M. Ramgotra, & S. Choat (Eds.), Rethinking Political Thinkers (185-202). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198847397.003.0011

This chapter examines the political theory and writings of French Enlightenment thinker, Montesquieu. It contends that Montesquieu’s constitutional theory of the separation of powers promoted a strong government which advanced individual freedom, mai... Read More about Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu.

Aristotle and bell hooks (2023)
Book Chapter
Ramgotra, M. (2023). Aristotle and bell hooks. In M. Ramgotra, & S. Choat (Eds.), Rethinking Political Thinkers (39-56). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198847397.003.0003

This chapter compares Aristotle’s and bell hooks’ conceptions of politics. Even though he was a foreigner in Athens and therefore not a citizen, Aristotle writes from the position of the ruling classes; whereas bell hooks writes from the position of... Read More about Aristotle and bell hooks.

Rethinking Political Thinkers (2023)
Book
Ramgotra, M., & Choat, S. (Eds.). (2023). Rethinking Political Thinkers. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198847397.001.0001

Rethinking Political Thinkers is composed of six Parts. Part I looks at the boundaries of the political. This Part considers the view of philosophers, such as Plato, Socrates, Sojourner, Aristotle, bell hooks, and Kautilya. Part II discusses social c... Read More about Rethinking Political Thinkers.

John Locke (2023)
Book Chapter
Kotef, H. (2023). John Locke. In M. Ramgotra, & S. Choat (Eds.), Rethinking Political Thinkers. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198847397.003.0007

This chapter discusses John Locke’s theory of the social contract, which became one of the primary frameworks of political thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It focuses on one of his books, The Second Treatise of Government, first p... Read More about John Locke.