Book Summary: Political Thought: Sketches in Western and African Political Philosophy

 

Political Thought is written for non-Philosophy majors in the Humanities and Social Sciences, especially for undergraduates that take Western Political Thought and African Political Thought as a one-semester course each. Each of its sixteen chapters, except one, focuses on the works of a single author. Each section is arranged in chronological order: the work of an author that wrote earlier is treated before the work of another that wrote later. The book gives the reader the basic concepts in political thought in both regions of the world. It also tries to establish the context in which each author or set of authors wrote. Besides, there is a concluding chapter where the author attempts to show how political thought has influenced political policy all through the ages.  Written in plain language, this book will also be found readable by the general reader.

 

Okechukwu Edward Okeke is a Professor of History at Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, NIGERIA.