John Selden and the western political tradition / Ofir Haivry.
John Selden and the western political tradition / Ofir Haivry.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/4145
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English
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Physical content
xv, 504 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: "Glory of the English nation" : the life, works and ideas of John Selden -- Selden and the early modern crisis of knowledge and obligation -- Selden and the early modern dispute about the foundations of political order -- Law "fitted to the genius of the nation": Selden's theory of nat...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"Selden's political ideas are analysed in comparison to those of his contemporaries Grotius, Hobbes and Filmer, and the book demonstrates how these ideas informed and influenced the more familiar works of later thinkers such as Burke"-- Provided by publisher....
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John Selden and the western political tradition / Ofir Haivry.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-484) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/4145
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74VKVXjDrZ8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXjDrZ8b
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ISBN
1107011345 hardcover
9781107011342 hardcover
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942.06092 B
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991024119119802626
