About the book:
Learn about Socrates, the Sophists, Plato and Aristotle, Epicureans and
Stoics, Medieval thought, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke,
Hegel, Marx, Gramsci, communism, fascism, Freud, Marcuse, Fromm,
Nietzsche, Derrida, Foucault, feminism, environmentalism, evolutionary
biology and human nature, transhumanism, Weber, Schumpeter, rational
choice, Gandhi, Habermas, Freire, and participatory democracy, all in a
accurate but light non-academic style. This book will make you think
about politics and the world in a new way.
About the author:
Norman Patrick Peritore Ph.D. taught for 40 years at University of
Missouri, with stints at Federal University of Argentina, University of
Auckland, University of Sibiu Romania, Catholic University in Recife
Brazil, California State University at San Jose. Author of five books,
thirty articles, and over one hundred conference presentations in eight
countries, he lives in Recife, Brazil, where he does yoga, underwater
photography and sails, is studying biology, and works in a cancer
charity. He has travelled to thirty countries and done field research in
eight. He reads or speaks six languages.
2 comments:
Interesting! I'm taking a class right now that focuses quite a bit on Machiavelli. Intriguing man, that one!!
-Lauren
I am taking Ethical Theory this year, and this book sounds like it's right up my alley. Thank you so much for sharing!
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