The book includes some of the most important texts on political intellectual history from the 19 ^th and 20 ^th centuries. It primarily covers theorists who have enriched political intellectual history with new ideas, such as Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Kant, Marx, and many others. The updated new editionhas been expanded to include short summaries at the end of each chapter.

Prof. Dr. Walter Reese-Schäfer (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)