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The book is bilingual and contains 5 of Henry David Thoreau's most famous political essays both in English and Georgian languages: "Civil Disobedience," "Slavery in Massachusetts," "A Plea for Captain John Brown," "Life Without Principle" and "The Last Days of John Brown." This is the first scholarly, fully annotated edition of Thoreau's political essays in the world. It contains over 700 footnotes which explain Thoreau's ideas, Slavery, Abolitionism and the 19th century politics in historical context. Zviad Kliment Lazarashvili is the first Georgian translator of Henry David Thoreau's political essays. His pioneering translations, historical analyses and commentaries on Thoreau's works were first introduced in 2008 as an academic treatise, Henry David Thoreau: Hero of the American Nation (2008). This is the second edition with even more detailed notes and commentaries, which includes introduction by Zviad kliment Lazarashvili, and the translator's biography by George P. Stasen. The book also contains illustrations and copies of historical documents relevant to the 19th century Abolitionism and New England.
This is the second edition of a comprehensive college textbook on political theory by the three well established academic authors, Zviad Kliment Lazarashvili, Chieke, E. Ihejirika and Steven K. Steel of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. An excellent textbook on political theory for undergraduate and graduate students, which contains detailed explanations of theories of over twenty philosophers: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Philo, Marcus Aurelius, St. Augustine, Aquinas, Averroes, Machiavelli, Thomas More, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Marx, Kant, Mill, Henry David Thoreau, St. Ilia Chavchavadze, Confucius, Lao Tzu, MLK Jr., Hannah Arendt and John Rawls. Authors present the development of political theory in a historical perspective: from Hellenist era to Theocratic philosophers, from Social Contract Theorists to Political Economists, from Rational Idealists to Humanists, from Oriental Political Thinkers to American Civil Rights Movement. The book contains a chapter on Traditional Africanism: the case of Igbo Political Philosophy. Extensive Reference includes Magna Carta, The Declaration of Independence, The US Constitution and the Gettysburg Address - complete and unabridged versions.
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