/lit/ - Literature

>i wan to learn about political philosophy
You realize this isn't just reading 2 booklets and a Wikipedia article? It's a dozen doorstoppers and a gorillion smaller works?

>>9572963
exactly where the fuck do i start

>>9572950
>smart persons book
>libertarian

Assuming this is not a troll, I usually hate this chart, and do not assign these works much worth over and above literary young adult fiction, but you might as well start here.

If you want to get into understanding of political philosophy and history, you have tons of books from the French philosophes to neo-liberals like Fukuyama.

I would forget about German Idealism for now, there is a reason many of the pseuds enjoy throwing around Nietzsche and Stirner in pretentious back and forths, but very rarely delve into Kant

>>9572966
>>9572966
The Greeks. But for the modern era I suppose Rousseau's The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality is a good enough starting point.

>>9572968
wait whats the prevailing political philosophy people on this board are even you would identify as are you saying libertarians and classical liberals are for brainlets? also thanks for the list ive never read any of these

>>9572976
There is no prevailing political philosophy on this board. Your post could be seen as a "libertarians are dummys" swipe. Assuming it isnt, I apologize

>>9572976
>prevailing political philosophy people on this board
There is none. Lefties, righties, uppies, downies we have them all. Lit is inherently left leaning itself and there are some hardcore larping marxists, but it's counterbalanced by a steady stream of poltards in the last months years.

>>9572997
well that makes sense thanks for explaining

>>9572966
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_philosophers

That was hard

>>9573008
there's no filter id rather get recommendations for a brainlet like me then end up reading something i don't understand