Diggers, Levellers, and Agrarian Capitalism - Radical Political Thought in 17th Century England

Informationen zum Autor Geoff Kennedy is visiting assistant professor at the Middle East Technical University in Cyprus. Klappentext This book situates the development of radical English political thought within the context of the specific nature of agrarian capitalism and the struggles that ensued around the nature of the state during the revolutionary decade of the 1640s. Zusammenfassung This book situates the development of radical English political thought within the context of the specific nature of agrarian capitalism and the struggles that ensued around the nature of the state during the revolutionary decade of the 1640s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Table of Contents 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1. Radical Political Thought in Early Modern England Chapter 4 2. Historical Materialism and Early Modern Radicalism Chapter 5 3. Agrarian Capitalism and Class Formation Chapter 6 4. The Political Economy of Improvement Chapter 7 5. From the State as Property to Property against the State Chapter 8 6. Unearthing the Kingly Power Chapter 9 7. Between Monarchy and Multitude 10 Bibliography 11 Index 12 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Geoff Kennedy, Kennedy Geoff
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2008
• EAN: 9780739123744
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2374-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, European History, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, General & world history, Social & political philosophy, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General