Jacobins and utopians : the political theory of fundamental moral reform / George Klosko.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-193) and index.

Ch. 1. Ancient Lawgivers: Lycurgus and Solon -- Lycurgus -- Solon -- Ch. 2. Socratic Reform -- Interpretation of the Early Dialogues -- Socrates' Mission -- The True Art of Politics -- The Platonic Critique -- Ch. 3. The Politics of Philosophy -- The Political Theory of Radical Reform -- Philosophers and Kings -- Plato and Radical Reform -- Ch. 4. Three Theorists of Reform: More, Machiavelli, and Rousseau -- More's Utopian Vision -- Machiavelli and Radical Political Reform -- Rousseau and Political Reform -- Ch. 5. The Jacobin Ideal -- Jacobin Theory -- Robespierre as Political Theorist -- Revolutionary Government -- The Politics of Regeneration -- Saint-Just's Republican Institutions -- Utopian Means -- Ch. 6. The Marxian Alternative -- Marx's Theory of Revolution -- The Newton of the Social World -- Reorganized Society -- Implementing the Ideal State -- Scientific Socialism -- Marxism and Blanquism --

The Dictatorship of the Proletariat -- The Fate of the Revolution -- Ch. 7. Leninism as Jacobinism -- Bakunin -- Leninism as Jacobinism -- Consequences.

"Jacobins and Utopians examines the politics of ideal societies and the means necessary to bring them into existence. George Klosko reveals how discussions of fundamental moral reform lead inexorably to questions of political power. Machiavelli classically articulated the claim that unarmed prophets go to the gallows. Themes of revolution play an integral role in Klosko's study - as the figures he explores frequently concerned themselves with the means of becoming armed."--BOOK JACKET.