Political Theory : Why Big Ideas Matter

Big ideas matter in politics, and they spark fierce debates about the future of our society.This pathbreaking new textbook examines the key political ideas that shape our lives today. Political Theory: Why Big Ideas Matter takes a unique disruptive approach by creating conversations between two or three important thinkers, within multiple cultural contexts and perspectives to show innovative connections between thinkers across time and space.Rather than drawing solely from the established ‘canon’ of traditional political thought, which has been criticised for being too white, too male, and too Western, this book is part of a worldwide effort to contest and diversify.Have big ideas on sovereignty been fundamental to establishing political order, or a tool to justify colonisation?Is John Locke’s theory of property fit to answer questions about who owns our data or the matter of reparations?Can the tradition of human rights incorporate non-human species?Is gender performative, and how doe