An essential guide to the thinkers who built the foundations of our modern world. Politics is not just about elections and news cycles; it is a conversation that has been going on for thousands of years. In How to Think Politically, Graeme Garrard and James Bernard Murphy introduce readers to thirty of the most influential political thinkers in history-from ancient sages like Confucius and Plato to modern figures like Hannah Arendt and Gandhi.