Reader's Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy. Each book explores the major themes, historical and philosophical context and key passages of a major ph
POLITICAL THOUGHT: A GUIDE TO THE CLASSICS provides much needed historical background for featured thinkers while modeling the techniques of close reading in political theory by providing examples fro
Laurie Johnson Bagby examines the loss of the appreciation for honor in modern Western society through an examination of the political philosophy of English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes. She fi
