<p>Excerpt from A History of Political Theories, Recent Times: Essays on Contemporary Developments in Political TheoryIN examining the political theory of this period, it may found useful to take a bird's-eye view of the most Significant social tendencies of the time and a sweeping View of the broad types of ideas developed. We may inquire: What were the outstanding social forces of this period? What were the most conspicuous groups that developed Systems of political rational ization? What was the intellectual. Equipment, the reasoning technique of the various competing groups? What were, more specifically, the ways of arriving at political truth - the methods of political inquiry? If we know these factors - the social forces, the larger interest groups, the intellectual equipment of the time - it will facilitate the analysis and understanding of. The systems of ideas that appeared from time to time. And finally, what progress was made in the discussion of what are commonly regarded as the fundamentals of political. Theory?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.</p>

A History of Political Theories, Recent Times: Essays on Contemporary Developments in Political Theory (Classic Reprint)

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Charles Edward Merriam

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Excerpt from A History of American Political TheoriesA study of American political theories may appropriately begin with an examination of the ideas of the colonists who laid the foundations upon which the national structure now rests. In view of the fact that the Puritan ideals, political and moral, have been so potent a force in the development of American national characteristics, attention will first be directed to the Puritan political tenets.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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