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Political Scientists On E2
This is the Political Scientists Metanode, an index of writeups about political scientists (including: political scientists, political economists, political philosophers, etc.) on E2. This is a subnode of the top-level Scientists node, and is a collaborative effort by the usergroup E2science. To suggest additions or alterations, please contact liveforever, Oolong, or e2 science (in that order).
Listed alphabetically, by surname
- Jeremy Bentham
The father of Utilitarianism.
- Milton Friedman
Economist and political commentator, leader of the "Monetarist" anti-Keynesian branch of the Chicago School in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Jürgen Habermas
Broke away from the Frankfurt School to become famous in his own right as a political philosopher
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Developed historical-political theories that introduced the concept of the dialectic into Western thought, providing the foundation for the work of (among others) Karl Marx.
- Thomas Hobbes
The author of Leviathan, Hobbes dealt with the philosophical reasoning behind the very concept of government, laying the foundation for all later works on the social contract.
- David Hume
Scottish economist, philosopher and historian. A major influence on Adam Smith, he saw political events as being the result more of impersonal forces than of individual actions.
- John Locke
English philosopher. Building on Hobbes' work, he introduced the concept of separation of powers.
- Karl Marx
German political economist. With Friedrich Engels, the father of Marxism.
- James Mill
British political economist. Father of John Stuart Mill.
- John Stuart Mill
British political philosopher, author of On Liberty. Son of James Mill.
- Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu
French political theorist, in his Esprit des lois, he presented a simplified version of John Locke's concept of separation of powers.
- Plato
Greek philosopher who wrote numerous political dialogues starring his teacher Socrates, and provided us with the concept that there might be an ideal form of government.
- John Rawls
Vocal opponent of Utilitarianism, Rawls has worked extensively with moral theory and moral epistemology, in particular the concept of justice.
- Richard Rorty
American philosopher of mind, has written extensively on the subject of "frank ethnocentrism".
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss author of The Social Contract, building on the works of John Locke and Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu.
Listed chronologically, by year of birth