Discourses Concerning Government, 2nd Edition

Written in response to Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha (1680), the Discourses Concerning Government by Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) has been treasured for more than three centuries as a classic defense of republicanism and popular government.
Thomas G. West is Paul and Dawn Potter Professor of Politics, Hillsdale College.

Summary

Written in reponse to Sir Robert Filmer's "Patriarcha" (1680), the "Discourses Concerning Government" by Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) has been respected for more than three centuries as a classic defence of republicanism and popular government.

Product details

• Authors: Algernon Sidney
• Assisted by: Thomas G West (Editor), Thomas G. West (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780865971424
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-142-4
• No. of pages: 645
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 227 mm x 41 mm
• Weight: 1068 g
• Series: Liberty Fund Studies in Politi
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education