Approaches to Political Thought

This book focuses on the ways in which major contemporary scholars approach political thought and writing from Plato to the present.

William L. Richter is professor emeritus of political science at Kansas State University. He has served as Kansas State’s associate provost for International Programs, head of the Political Science Department, South Asia Center director, and chair of the Landon Lecture Series. His publications include Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics, co-edited with Frances Burke, and numerous book chapters and articles on South Asian political and security issues. He has taught political thought for more than four decades, at Kansas State, University of Hawaii, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He continues to find the approaches discussed in this book exciting and challenging.