Anthony Parel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule (Lexington, 2000). Ronald Keith is Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, and is the author of numerous articles on China.

Comparative Political Philosophy breaks the taboo of treating nonwestern political thinking as untouchable. . . . The publication of this book is an act of courage, and a landmark in the literature on political philosophy.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to the Second EditionChapter 2 The Comparative Study of Political PhilosophyChapter 3 Classical Western Political PhilosophyChapter 4 Modern Western Political PhilosophyChapter 5 Law and Society in Confucian ThoughtChapter 6 Mao Zedong and His Political ThoughtChapter 7 What Good is Democracy? The Alternatives in China and the WestChapter 8 Of Artha and the ArthasastraChapter 9 Mahatma Gandhi's Critique of ModernityChapter 10 Farabi and Greek Political PhilosophyChapter 11 Khomeini's Doctrine of Legitimacy

Anthony Parel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule (Lexington, 2000). Ronald Keith is Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, and is the author of numerous articles on China.

Comparative Political Philosophy breaks the taboo of treating nonwestern political thinking as untouchable. . . . The publication of this book is an act of courage, and a landmark in the literature on political philosophy.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to the Second EditionChapter 2 The Comparative Study of Political PhilosophyChapter 3 Classical Western Political PhilosophyChapter 4 Modern Western Political PhilosophyChapter 5 Law and Society in Confucian ThoughtChapter 6 Mao Zedong and His Political ThoughtChapter 7 What Good is Democracy? The Alternatives in China and the WestChapter 8 Of Artha and the ArthasastraChapter 9 Mahatma Gandhi's Critique of ModernityChapter 10 Farabi and Greek Political PhilosophyChapter 11 Khomeini's Doctrine of Legitimacy

Anthony Parel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule (Lexington, 2000). Ronald Keith is Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, and is the author of numerous articles on China.

Comparative Political Philosophy breaks the taboo of treating nonwestern political thinking as untouchable. . . . The publication of this book is an act of courage, and a landmark in the literature on political philosophy.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to the Second EditionChapter 2 The Comparative Study of Political PhilosophyChapter 3 Classical Western Political PhilosophyChapter 4 Modern Western Political PhilosophyChapter 5 Law and Society in Confucian ThoughtChapter 6 Mao Zedong and His Political ThoughtChapter 7 What Good is Democracy? The Alternatives in China and the WestChapter 8 Of Artha and the ArthasastraChapter 9 Mahatma Gandhi's Critique of ModernityChapter 10 Farabi and Greek Political PhilosophyChapter 11 Khomeini's Doctrine of Legitimacy