"Now in its second edition, Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the theorists who have shaped Western political thought, from the ancient world to the present day. Alongside new entries on such figures as Cicero, Frantz Fanon and Carl Schmitt, other thinkers covered include: Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Mohandas Gandhi, Machiavelli, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Paine, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Fully cross-referenced and including a glossary of theoretical terms, this wide-ranging and accessible book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the evolution and history of political thought across the ages."--BOOK JACKET.