Modern Political Thought

The second edition of David Wootton''s Modern Political Thought: Readings from Machiavelli to Nietzsche offers a new unit on modern constitutionalism with selections from Hume, Montesquieu, the Federalist, and Constant. In addition to a new essay by Wootton, this unit features his new translation of Constant''s 1819 essay "On Ancient and Modern Liberty". Other changes include expanded selections from Machiavelli''s Discourses on Livy and a new Hegel selection, all of which strengthen an already excellent anthology.