
In this book, Sir Abrar has attempted to present political philosophy in a simple and accessible manner, without compromising on the depth and complexity of the subject. Although aimed primarily at competitive exam aspirants, anyone interested in exploring the works of key political philosophers will find it enlightening. As for the competitive exam, it has all the ingredients to make your preparation and exam attempting strategy qualitatively superior to other candidates.
This Book covers the following philosophers:
Part 1. Classical Western Philosophy
- Plato
- Aristotle
Part 2. Renaissance Political Philosophy & Contractualism
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Comparing Social Contract Theories
Part 3. Modern Political Philosophy
- Rene Descartes
- Charles Montesquieu
- Immanuel Kant
- Jeremy Bentham
- John Stuart Mill
- Soren Kierkegaard
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Karl Marx
Part 4. Contemporary Political Philosophy
- Vladimir Lenin
- Antonio Gramsci
- Mao Zedong
- Karl Popper
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- John Rawls
Part 5. Postmodern Political Philosophy
- Michel Foucault
- Pierre Bourdieu
- Jacques Derrida
- Frances Fukuyama
Part 6. Muslim Political Philosophy
- Al-Farabi
- Al-Mawaradi
- Nizam-ul-Mulk Tusi
- Al-Ghazali
- Ibn Rushd
- Ibn Taymiyyah
- Ibn Khaldun
- Shah Waliullah Dehlwai
- Jamaluddin Afghani
- Rashid Rida
- Muhammad Iqbal