The First Great Political Realist
Kautilya and His Arthashastra
Seiten
2002
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0401-9 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0401-9 (ISBN)
This work is an analysis of one of the ancient world's foremost political realists, Kautilya. Kautilya's treatise "Arthashastra" stands as one of the great political books of the ancient world, its iseas on the science of politics similar to those of Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Hobbes.
The First Great Political Realist is a succinct and penetrating analysis of one of the ancient world's foremost political realists, Kautilya. Kautilya's treatise Arthashastra stands as one of the great political books of the ancient world, its ideas on the science of politics strikingly similar to those of Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Clausewitz, and even Sun Tsu. Roger Boesche's excellent commentary on Kautilya's voluminous text draws out the essential realist arguments for modern political analysis and demonstrates the continued relevance of Kautilya's work to modern Indian strategic thinking and our understanding of the relationship between politics and economics. Striking a balance between textual analysis and secondary scholarship, Boesche's work will be an enduring contribution to the study of ancient Indian history, Eastern political thought, and international relations.
The First Great Political Realist is a succinct and penetrating analysis of one of the ancient world's foremost political realists, Kautilya. Kautilya's treatise Arthashastra stands as one of the great political books of the ancient world, its ideas on the science of politics strikingly similar to those of Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Clausewitz, and even Sun Tsu. Roger Boesche's excellent commentary on Kautilya's voluminous text draws out the essential realist arguments for modern political analysis and demonstrates the continued relevance of Kautilya's work to modern Indian strategic thinking and our understanding of the relationship between politics and economics. Striking a balance between textual analysis and secondary scholarship, Boesche's work will be an enduring contribution to the study of ancient Indian history, Eastern political thought, and international relations.
Roger Boesche is the Arthur G. Coons Professor of the History of Ideas at Occidental College. He is the author of Theories of Tyranny: Plato to Arendt (1996), The Strange Liberalism of Alexis de Tocqueville (1987), and Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society (1985).
Part 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Historical Background Chapter 3 A Science of Politics for a King Chapter 4 The Spy State Chapter 5 The Economy: A Socialist Monarchy Chapter 6 Foreign Policy and War Chapter 7 Power, Advancement, and a Theory of History Part 8 Conclusion
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.8.2002 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 327 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7391-0401-2 / 0739104012 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-0401-9 / 9780739104019 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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