Politics

ThePoliticsisoneofthemostinfluentialtextsinthehistoryofpoliticalthought,anditraisesissueswhichstillconfrontanyonewhowantstothinkseriouslyaboutthewaysinwhichhumansocietiesareorganizedandgoverned.Theworkofoneoftheworld'sgreatestphilosophers,itdrawsonAristotle'sowngreatknowledgeofthepoliticalandconstitutionalaffairsoftheGreekcities.Byexaminingthewaysocietiesarerun-fromhouseholdstocitystates-Aristotleestablisheshowsuccessfulconstitutionscanbestbeinitiatedandupheld.ForthiseditionSirErnestBarker'sfinetranslation,whichhasbeenwidelyusedfornearlyhalfacentury,hasbeenextensivelyrevisedtomeettheneedsofthemodernreader.TheaccessibleintroductionandclearnotesbyRFStalleyexaminethehistoricalandphilosophicalbackgroundoftheworkanddiscussitssignificanceformodernpoliticalthought.《政治学》是作者亚里士多德的“关于政体研究的专著”，具有多方面的学术价值，对于了解当时希腊社会的状况，了解古希腊人的政治、法律、伦理、教育思想，研究亚里士多德的学说，均有不可替代的作用。尽管这是一部论述政治问题的专著，但亚里士多德在探讨和阐释奴隶制各种政体及其统治形式的过程中也从教育与政治关系的角度，提出了一些教育的主张。