Readings

Essential texts

 * Brown, Chris, N. J. Rengger, and Terry Nardin. 2002. International Relations in Political Thought: Texts from the Ancient Greeks to the First World War. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN [|0521575702].

Distributed in class or available on e-reserves or on the internet
All other readings will be either distributed in class, available through e-reserves, or freely available on the internet. These are:
 * Thucydides, [|History of the Peloponnessian War].
 * Aristotle, [|Politics].
 * Cicero, On the Republic (on [|e-reserve]) and [|On Duties].
 * Aquinas, [|Summa Theologiae].
 * Vitoria, [|On the American Indians].
 * Machiavelli, [|The Prince] and [|Discourses on Livy].
 * Hobbes, [|Leviathan].
 * Rousseau, [|Second Discourse on the Origins of Inequality].
 * Mill, [|Considerations on Representative Government].
 * Kant, [|Perpetual Peace].
 * Hegel, [|The Philosophy of Right].
 * Marx and Engels, [|The Communist Manifesto].

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Textbooks can be purchased from Vicbooks located on the top floor of the Student Union Building, Kelburn Campus. You may be able to find cheaper books online, however.

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Recommended Reading
A list of recommended readings is available on the bibliography page and on the various theme pages of this wiki.