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An Introduction to Modern Political Thought Machiavelli to Foucault
This book is an excellent critical introduction to modern political thought. From the first modern thinker Niccolo Machiavelli to the contemporary political philosopher Michel Foucault, it studies the ideas and contributions of sixteen major political thinkers in the history of modern political thought. The volume presents reflections on political ethics, social community, political order, and human nature. It explores how the thinkers have contributed to the broader conversation about human nature, power, justice, democracy, and the ever-changing relationship between the citizen and the state, and analyses how far their ideas remain relevant in contemporary times.
An important contribution to the study of political thought, this comprehensive volume will be an essential read for students and scholars of political science, political theory, political philosophy, philosophy, and history.
About the Contributors
Foreword by Bhikhu Parekh
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Sanjukta Banerjee Bhattacharya
1. Niccolo Machiavelli
Satrajit Banerjee
2. Thomas Hobbes
Anuradha Rai and Sanjay Srivastava
3. John Locke
Gyana Ranjan Swain
4. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Siddhartha Sankar Manna & Ayan Das
5. Immanuel Kant
Hans J. Freddy & Khakchang Debbarma
6. Mary Wollstonecraft
Chandrika Basu Majumder
7. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Sib Ranjan Chatterjee
8. John Stuart Mill
Gouri Shankar Nag
9. Karl Marx
Shyama Sundar Acharya
10. Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Swatilekha Bhattacharya & Priyanka Pandit
11. Antonio Gramsci
Arun Kumar Patnaik
12. Mao Zedong
Dinesh Kumar Ahirwar
13. Hannah Arendt
Sipra Sagarika
14. John Rawls
V. Bijukumar
15. Frantz Fanon
Santi Sarkar & Suratha Kumar Malik
16. Michel Foucault
Sibaji Pratim Basu
Biography
Suratha Kumar Malik, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India. He was the former Assistant Professor and Teacher-in-Charge in the Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. He has studied at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has published numerous books (sole authored and co-edited) and twenty-five research articles and chapters with national and international publishers. His publications include Land Alienation and Politics of Tribal Exploitation in India (2020), Ancient and Medieval Indian Thought: Themes and Traditions (2020), Revisiting Modern Indian Thought: Themes and Perspectives (2021), Dilemmas in World Politics: Exploring the Frontiers (2022), Reappraising Modern Indian Thought: Themes and Thinkers (2022). He is awarded ‘State’s Best NSS Programme Officer Award’ for the year 2019-2020 by Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal. He is conferred with the ‘Vivekananda Excellence Award’ in 2019 by Seva Youth Guild, Kolkata; affiliated to NYKS, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Government of India.
