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Political Science. Classics Collection.
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates, John Brown, Douglass Scott, Jowanna Lewis
- Length: 36 hrs and 24 mins
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
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Summary
Why Political Science Classics Collection is so important? In today's world, providing quality training for the younger generation at colleges and universities is of primary importance. But higher education is not enough.
Any graduate is first and foremost a citizen of his nation.
He has the right to be an actor in the political life of his society.
The political changes taking place today in the modern world are dependent on the civic stance of each person.
In this way, a serious challenge facing the world system of higher education is to educate citizens who are capable of navigating and influencing the modern political processes in his country.
Youth today actively participate in campaigns carried out by political parties and community organizations.
However, it is impossible to develop conditions which foster a civic position without the existence of a political culture.
In today's global community, facing growing pressures of political extremism and radicalism, knowledge of basic political science principles should help students develop a democratic ethos and foster qualities, such as political tolerance, compromise, and cooperation, while learning to express and defend their interests in a civilized manner.
The foundation of political science lies in the accumulated knowledge of mankind.
This collection was compiled as an aid to college and university students. Each included piece is required reading at some of the best universities on the planet, including: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia Universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, among others.
This collection includes works famous authors:
- "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu,
- "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu,
- "The Republic" by Plato,
- "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius,
- "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli,
- "Utopia" by Thomas More,
- "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine,
- "Utilitarianism" by John Stuart Mill,
- "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels,
- "The State and Revolution" by Vladimir Lenin.
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- Greg Tiernan
- 17-07-20
This is not a good format for so many books
It is a pain to find the start or section of a specific book as books and chapter titles are not available. Unless listening to the whole thing all.the way through each time it will s not the best experience.
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- K. Jordan
- 03-08-20
Nararation is inconsistent in quality
Nararation is inconsistent in quality, but over all a good deal! The republic is well read, meditations is not, with no offense to the narrator it’s hard to listen too.