Natural Law Republicanism - Cicero''s Liberal Legacy

Tracing the development of this intellectual tradition from Cicero's original articulation through the American Founding, Natural Law Republicanism explores how our modern political ideas remain dependent on the legacy of one of Rome's great philosopher-statesmen.

Table des matières

• Introduction: The Dream of a Republic


• Chapter 1: Cicero: Natural Law and Republican Liberty


• Chapter 2: Machiavelli's Commonwealth Without Justice


• Chapter 3: Two Ciceronian Traditions in the Aftermath of Machiavelli


• a. Part 1: Modern Natural Law: Grotius and Pufendorf


• b. Part 2: An English Commonwealth


• c. Part 3: An Abortive Convergence


• Chapter 4: Locke's Ciceronian Liberalism


• Chapter 5: Adams, Wilson, and the American Res Publica


• Chapter 6: Epilogue

A propos de l'auteur

Michael C. Hawley is Managing Director of Duke University's Program in American Values and Institutions.

Résumé

Tracing the development of this intellectual tradition from Cicero's original articulation through the American Founding, Natural Law Republicanism explores how our modern political ideas remain dependent on the legacy of one of Rome's great philosopher-statesmen.

Texte suppl.

A valuable contribution ... Natural Law Republicanism asks us to look more deeply into the tensions uncovered by Cicero's combination of liberty, popular sovereignty, and natural law.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael C. Hawley, Michael C. (Managing Director of Duke Univ Hawley, Michael C. (Managing Director of Duke University's Program in American Values and Institutions. Hawley
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780197582336
• ISBN: 978-0-19-758233-6
• Pages: 264
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Antiquité; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; History, HISTORY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy