50 Politics Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on freedom, equality, and power

50 Politics Classics is a concise guide to the most important political texts from across the centuries, featuring insightful commentary, key quotes, and biographical information on the authors. It covers activists, war strategists, visionary leaders, economists, philosophers, feminists, conservatives, and environmentalists, from ancient pioneers to contemporary leaders. The revised edition will include new contemporary classics, a revised introduction, and some less relevant titles removed.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 26 May 2022
Publisher: John Murray Press

What if you didn't have to read the 50 most important books on Politics to know the most important ideas?

This is the thinking person's guide to the big political texts from across the centuries, from the original pioneers to the contemporary. With insightful commentary for each of the 50 books, key quotes, and biographical information on the authors, and a guide to further reading, 50 Politics Classics gives a unique overview of the political writings that shaped history and are still shaping minds today.

From Abraham Lincoln to Nelson Mandela, and from Aristotle to George Orwell, 50 Politics Classics distills the essence of the books, pamphlets, and speeches of the major leaders and great thinkers that drive real-world change. Spanning 2,500 years, left and right, thinkers and doers, Tom Butler-Bowdon covers activists, war strategists, visionary leaders, economists, philosophers of freedom, feminists, conservatives, and environmentalists, right up to contemporary leaders and thought leaders such as Barack Obama, Isobel Wilkerson, and Michael Pillsbury.

Whether you consider yourself to be conservative, liberal, socialist, or Marxist, this book gives you greater understanding of the key ideas that matter in our politically charged times.

The revised edition will:

• Include 5-6 new contemporary classics from White Fragility to Why Nations Fail, and leaders and thought leaders such as Barack Obama, Isobel Wilkerson, and Michael Pillsbury.

• Have a revised introduction to reflect on the seismic political movements that have blown up since the last edition.

• Have some of the less relevant titles removed.

Weight: 356g
Dimension: 136 x 214 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399800983