Political Thought
Essays

Fanon, Frantz. Black Skin White Masks. Trans. Charles Lam Markmann. New York:

"Men living together according to reason, without a common superior on earth, with authority to judge between them, is properly the state of nature."(John Locke)

Written in 1929 and published in 1930, Civilization, and its Discontents offers a somewhat pessimistic view of human nature and human society. Freud extends his theory of the individual's intra-psychic conflicts, such…

¶ … right' in the light of Alexis De Tocqueville's book, Democracy in America. The paper further expands on the idea of right as presented by other thinkers including Hegel, Bancroft and most recently Hardt and Negri.

¶ … Frederick Douglass to the Americans, entitled, "What to the Slaves is the Fourth of July?" commemorates the celebration of the Independence Day of the American Nation. However, Douglass, in his address, emphasizes…

This paper examines the role of the Bible in politics with regards to how the book influences political thought and political action in our culture. The analysis begins with a brief discussion of the link between the Bible and politics. The second section evaluates how this book has been used in today’s political thoughts and actions.

Must a good politician be morally bad? In the context of the Reformation, this question revolves around how Christians would define what is "morally bad" had become suddenly and seriously complicated by competing…

The transition from a feudal serf economy to a capitalist market economy was one of the fundamental shifts which have produced modernity as we know it. This essay aims to understand how the authors of The Prince and…

This paper considers Plato's Apology as an example of the political and legal legacy of classical Greece for the contemporary world. It examines the text of the Apology and goes through the charges against Socrates, the defense of Socrates, and Socrates' ultimate acceptance of the death sentence imposed upon him. The paper attempts to demonstrate the relevance of Greek ideas about justice and jury trial by pointing out more contemporary examples from the UK that demonstrate the enduring relevance of the classical text.

How did Augustine of Hippo's and Thomas Aquinas' views of the role of human free will in the process of salvation shape their different views of political theory?