With his views within the history of political philosophy, the English political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) became a classic representative of the school of English empiricism. He built a ...

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Jan-Werner Müller, a renowned scholar in democratic theory and the history of political thought, has been named the Class of 1943 University Professor of Politics. University Professorships are ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Summer 2025 issue of The Independent Review. Political Philosophy: The Basics largely lives up to its promise of introducing students to modern political ...