MICHAEL LEVIN is Emeritus Reader in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

'A comprehensive, stimulating, well-written and scholarly but accessible account of the main strands of European political thinking between 1776 and 1848.' - Gregory Claeys, Royal Holloway University of London, 'The book is well written and informed. It is aimed primarily at undergraduate students taking courses in the history of ideas and political thought, but its style makes it accessible to a wider readership. Overall, the book achieves its objectives.' - Political Studies Review

• ChronologyPrefaceThe Historical ContextModern Society and Modern ThoughtEdmund BurkeThomas PaineJeremy BenthamGeorg HegelAlexis de TocquevilleKarl Marx and Friedrich EngelsEpilogueNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.

MICHAEL LEVIN is Emeritus Reader in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

'A comprehensive, stimulating, well-written and scholarly but accessible account of the main strands of European political thinking between 1776 and 1848.' - Gregory Claeys, Royal Holloway University of London, 'The book is well written and informed. It is aimed primarily at undergraduate students taking courses in the history of ideas and political thought, but its style makes it accessible to a wider readership. Overall, the book achieves its objectives.' - Political Studies Review

• ChronologyPrefaceThe Historical ContextModern Society and Modern ThoughtEdmund BurkeThomas PaineJeremy BenthamGeorg HegelAlexis de TocquevilleKarl Marx and Friedrich EngelsEpilogueNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.

MICHAEL LEVIN is Emeritus Reader in Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

'A comprehensive, stimulating, well-written and scholarly but accessible account of the main strands of European political thinking between 1776 and 1848.' - Gregory Claeys, Royal Holloway University of London, 'The book is well written and informed. It is aimed primarily at undergraduate students taking courses in the history of ideas and political thought, but its style makes it accessible to a wider readership. Overall, the book achieves its objectives.' - Political Studies Review

• ChronologyPrefaceThe Historical ContextModern Society and Modern ThoughtEdmund BurkeThomas PaineJeremy BenthamGeorg HegelAlexis de TocquevilleKarl Marx and Friedrich EngelsEpilogueNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.