Popular Sovereignty in Historical Perspective

This collaborative volume offers the first historical reconstruction of the concept of popular sovereignty from antiquity to the twentieth century. First formulated between the late sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries, the various early modern conceptions of the doctrine were heavily indebted to Roman reflection on forms of government and Athenian ideas of popular power. This study, edited by Richard Bourke and Quentin Skinner, traces successive transformations of the doctrine, rather than narrating a linear development. It examines critical moments in the career of popular sovereignty, spanning antiquity, medieval Europe, the early modern wars of religion, the revolutions of the eighteenth century and their aftermath, decolonisation and mass democracy. Featuring original work by an international team of scholars, the book offers a reconsideration of one of the formative principles of contemporary politics by exploring its descent from classical city-states to the advent of the modern state.

Riassunto

This collaborative volume offers the first historical reconstruction of the concept of popular sovereignty. The collection, edited by Richard Bourke and Quentin Skinner, charts the history of the doctrine by bringing together leading international experts specialising across a range of periods, spanning ancient, medieval, early modern and modern political thought.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard (Queen Mary University of London) Bourke
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard (Queen Mary University of London) Bourke (Editore), Quentin (Queen Mary University of London) Skinner (Editore), Bourke Richard (Editore), Skinner Quentin (Editore), Richard Bourke (Editore), Quentin Skinner (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.08.2017
• Categoria: Saggistica
• EAN: 9781107571396
• ISBN: 978-1-107-57139-6
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.5 x 23 x 2.5 cm
• Serie: Print on Demand
• Categorie: History, History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, Political science & theory, Political science and theory