Natural and Political Conceptions of Community - The Role of the Household Society in Early Modern Jesuit Thought, C.1590-1650

Natural and Political Conceptions of Community demonstrates how the early modern Jesuits recruited the household community when reflecting on the political community, integrating an account of human nature with a notion of politics as the sphere of law, rights, and virtues.

About the author

Christoph Philipp Haar, PhD, University of Cambridge (2015), is a research fellow (DFG) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. His research and publications explore topics related to the history of moral and political thought as well as intellectual history.

Product details

• Authors: Christoph Philipp Haar
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2019
• EAN: 9789004351646
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35164-6
• No. of pages: 388
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 592 g
• Series: Jesuit Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education