From Machiavelli to Rousseau, reading theorists as responding to the conflicts of their time
Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942-2016), for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, was the author of many books, including Democracy Against Capitalism, The Pristine Culture of Capitalism, The Origin of Capitalism, Peasant-Citizen and Slave, Citizens to Lords, Empire of Capital and Liberty and Property.
... This book is clearly written, incisively argued, and immensely
informative.
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a notable book, wide-ranging and perceptive ... [Wood] addresses
the heartland of the historiography of political thought from
Machiavelli to Rousseau, the territory of its most successful
recent practitioners.
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