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Political thought of Europe in modern times - Coggle Diagram
Political thought of Europe in modern times
Niccolo Machiavelli
the first modern political scientist
the Italian writer
the Prince 1531
amoral advice to princes on the best means of acquiring and holding on to political power
What was his political philosophy based on?
on reason rather than religion
What did Machiavelli believe as an early Italian patriot?
Italy could be unified and its foreign occupiers expelled only by ruthless and single-minded princes
no moral constraints on their power
What idea did he introduce?
the modern idea of power as the crux of politics
this viewpoint is shared
international relations realists
rational choice theorists
Thomas Hobbes
the English philosopher
power - at the centre of his political analysis
Leviathan 1651
without any reference to an omnipotent God
humans
a natural right to self-preservation
driven by fear of violent death to form a civil society
submit to a single authority
ensure peace and security through a social contract
Tomaso Campanella
an Italian philosopher and writer
reconcile Renaissance humanism with Roman Catholic Theology
The city of the sun 1602
ideal commonwealth
governed by men enlightened with reason, everyone's work was designed to contribute to the good of the community
private property, undue wealth, poverty -nonexistent
Jean-Jacque Rousseau
a Swiss-born philosopher, writer, political thinker
treatises and novels -- the leaders of the French Revolution, the Romantic generation
his thought - the end of the European Enlightenment
The Social Contract 1762
a civil society
separate wills of individuals are combined to govern as the "general will of the collective''