The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy

The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, Second Edition is a comprehensive, definitive reference work, providing an up-to-date survey of the field, charting its history and key figures and movements, and addressing enduring questions as well as contemporary research. Features unique to the Companion are: an extensive coverage of the history of social and political thought, including separate chapters on the development of political thought in the Islamic world, India, and China as well in modern Germany, France, and Britain a focus on the core concepts and the normative foundations of social and political theory a section devoted exclusively to distributive justice, the central issue of political philosophy since Rawls' Theory of Justice extensive coverage of global justice and international issues. The Companion 's seventy-four commissioned chapters, by leading scholars from throughout the world, are divided into eight thematic sections: The History of Social and Political Theory; Political Theories and Ideologies; Normative Foundations; The National State and Beyond; Distributive Justice; Political Concepts; Concepts and Methods in Social Philosophy; and Issues in Social and Political Philosophy. Expanded, updated, and revised throughout, this Second Edition includes new chapters on Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE); Political Epistemology; Race and Ethnicity; Power; Foucau Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Biographical Notes Preface Part I: The History of Social and Political Theory 1 Plato’s Political Philosophy 2 Aristotle’s Social and Political Philosophy 3 Aquinas 4 Medieval Political Thought 5 Machiavelli 6 Hobbes 7 Locke 8 Rousseau 9 Hume and Smith on Justice 10 Kant 11 Hegel 12 Mill 13 Marx 14 Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century British Thought 15 Continental Political Philosophy 16 French Political Thought in the Twentieth Century 17 Foucault and Political Philosophy 18 The Political Philosophy of China 19 Indian Political Philosophy 20 Islamic Political Thought Part II: Political Theories and Ideologies 21 Anarchism 22 Liberalism 23 Conservatism 24 Republicanism 25 Marxism and Contemporary Political Thought 26 Feminism and the History of Political Philosophy 27 Environmentalism Part III: Normative Foundations 28 Contractarianism 29 Contractualism and Political Liberalism 30 Utilitarianism and Consequentialism 31 Perfectionism 32 Pluralism 33 Virtue Ethics and Political Philosophy 34 Natural Law and Rights Theory Part IV: Distributive Justice 35 Luck Egalitarianism 36 The Difference Principle: Its Content and Justification 37 Left Libertarianism 38 Libertarianism 39 Desert 40 Needs and Distributive Justice 41 The Capability Approach and Distributive Justice 42 Intergenerational Distributive Justice Part V: The National State and Beyond 43 Nationalism 44 Human Rights and Cosmopolitanism 45 Multiculturalism 46 Global Justice and Politics 47 Justice and Borders 48 War Part VI: Political Concepts 49 Equality 50 Freedom 51 Autonomy 52 Power 53 Authority and Legitimacy 54 Democracy 55 Rights 56 Toleration Part VII: Approaches 57 Social Evolution 58 The Pragmatist Project in Political Philosophy 59 Postmodernism and Politics 60 Social Choice Theory 61 Rational Choice Theory 62 Discourse Theory 63 New Diversity Theory 64 Political Epistemology 65 PPE and Political Philosophy Part VIII: Issues in Social and Political Philosophy 66 Education 67 Health 68 Marriage, Sex, and the Family 69 Work 70 Punishment 71 Terrorism 72 Paternalism, Moralism, and Markets 73 Religion in Public Life 74 Race and Ethnicity: Their Intersections and Concepts Index The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, Second Edition,is a comprehensive, definitive reference work, providing an up-to-date survey of the field, charting its history and key figures and movements, and addressing enduring questions as well as contemporary research. Features unique to the Companion are as follows:Extensive coverage of the history of social and political thought, including separate chapters on the development of political thought in the Islamic world, India, and China as well as in modern Germany, France, and BritainA focus on the core concepts and the normative foundations of social and political theoryA section devoted exclusively to distributive justice, the central issue of political philosophy since Rawls' Theory of JusticeSeveral chapters on global justice and international issues.The Companion's 74 commissioned chapters, by leading scholars from throughout the world, are divided into eight thematic sections: The History of Social and Political Theory; Political Theories and Ideologies; Normative Foundations; Distributive Justice; The National State and Beyond; Political Concepts; Approaches; and Issues in Social and Political Philosophy.Expanded, updated, and revised throughout, this Second Edition includes new chapters on Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE); Political Epistemology; Race and Ethnicity; Power; Foucault; and New Diversity Theory.