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This is a list of notable political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy. The entries are in order by year of birth to show rough direction of influences and of development of political thought .
Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics secured the two Greek philosophers as two of the most influential political philosophers. Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them.
John Rawls (United States, 1921–2002) One of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century, largely responsible for the rebirth of normative political philosophy. He argues for equal basic liberties, equality of opportunity, and facilitating the maximum benefit to the least advantaged members of society in any case where ...
John Bordley Rawls (/ r ɔː l z /; [2] February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition. [3] [4] Rawls has been described as one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century.
A political theorist is someone who engages in constructing or evaluating political theory, including political philosophy. Theorists may be academics or independent scholars . Here the most notable political theorists are categorized by their -ism or school of thought , with a remaining category ("Other") for those theorists who do not fit ...
Muammar Gaddafi. Jean-Paul Gagnon. Dora Elvira García González. Ernest Gellner. Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Gladden Pappin. Leslie Green (philosopher) Gabriel Gruber. Þorsteinn Gylfason.
Political Philosopher, capitalist. Guy Debord (1931–1994). French Marxist philosopher. Richard Rorty (1931–2007). Pragmatism, Postanalytic philosophy. Charles Taylor (born 1931). Political philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science, and Intellectual History. John Searle (born 1932). Direct realism. Alvin Plantinga (born 1932).
This is a list of prominent figures who contributed to Marxist theory, principally as authors; it is not intended to list politicians who happen(ed) to be a member of an ostensibly communist political party or other organisation.