Philosophy and Government 1572-1651

Klappentext Philosophy and government is a major new contribution to our understanding of European political theory which will challenge the perspectives in which political thought is understood. Framed as a general account of the period between 1572 and 1651 it charts the formation of a distinctively modern political vocabulary! based upon arguments of political necessity and raison d'etat in the work of the major theorists who responded to these issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The Renaissance background; 2. Scepticism, stoicism and raison d'etat; 3. The spread of the new humanism; 4. The alternatives; 5. Hugo Grotius; 6. The English Revolution; 7. Thomas Hobbes; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Tuck
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 18.03.1993
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9780521438858
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43885-8
• Pages: 408
• Series: Ideas in Context > 26; Ideas in Context > 26