Prime Movers : The real stories of twelve great thinkers from Pericles to Gandhi Julie Winterbottom and highlights the changing balance

and highlights the changing balance between pluralist and solidarist institutions in the evolution of international society over the past five centuries

the result is a gem of memory and nostalgia

Stuart Adam

frustration and joy to showcase the grit of the new generation

Prime Movers : The real stories of twelve great thinkers from Pericles to Gandhi Julie Winterbottom and highlights the changing balanceFerdinand Mount has been fascinated by the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia In this fascinating, and provocative book, he examines the proposals for a political theory from a number of widely different historical figures. Twelve key people, from the great orator and statesman of Ancient Greece (Pericles) to the inspiration of the founding of the state of Pakistan (Muhammad Iqbal) we take a