Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Aristotle
Edited and translated by Jonathan Barnes
Introduction by Melissa Lane
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Ancient to c 500
Social and political philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780691173450
ClassificationsDewey:185
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 18 December 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Aristotle was the first philosopher in the Western tradition to address politics systematically and empirically, and he remains a central figure in political theory. This essential volume presents Aristotle's complete political writings--including his Politics, Economics, and Constitution of Athens--in their most authoritative translations, taken f

Author Biography

Jonathan Barnes taught at the universities of Oxford, Geneva, and Paris-Sorbonne. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy and is the editor of The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation (Princeton). Melissa Lane is professor of politics at Princeton University and the author of The Birth of Politics (Princeton).