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29 de abr. de 2024 · In political theory, or political philosophy, John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary.
Hace 3 días · Locke derived the fundamental concepts of his political theory from biblical texts, in particular from Genesis 1 and 2 , the Decalogue, the Golden Rule, the teachings of Jesus, and the letters of Paul the Apostle. The Decalogue puts a person's life, reputation and property under God's protection.
1 de may. de 2024 · Karl Marx, revolutionary, socialist, historian, and economist who, with Friedrich Engels, wrote the works, including Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (The Communist Manifesto) and Das Kapital, that formed the basis of communism. Learn more about Karl Marx and his life, beliefs, and writings here.
Hace 6 días · Montesquieu, French political philosopher whose principal work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theory. It inspired the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Constitution of the United States.
Hace 4 días · Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres.
Hace 5 días · Cicero's political writings, and Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, were known and used by writers from the ninth century onwards. But among the 'raw materials' for political ideas are, surely, records and reflections of the lived experience of political activity.
Hace 6 días · Owen Holland is a Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature. He is the author of Literature and Revolution: British Responses to the Paris Commune of 1871 (Rutgers University Press, 2022) and William Morris’s Utopianism: Propaganda, Politics and Prefiguration (Palgrave, 2017).
