Philosophy and government, 1572-1651 / / Richard Tuck

• Autore: Tuck Richard <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 386 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 320
• Soggetto topico: Political science - History - 16th century; Political science - History - 17th century
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Renaissance background -- Scepticism, Stoicism and raison d'etat -- The spread of the new humanism -- The alternatives -- Hugo Grotius -- The English Revolution -- Thomas Hobbes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Philosophy and Government is a major new contribution to our understanding of European political theory which will challenge the perspectives in which political thought is understood. Framed as a general account of the period between 1572 and 1651 it charts the formation of a distinctively modern political vocabulary, based upon arguments of political necessity and raison d'etat in the work of the major theorists. Whilst Dr Tuck pays detailed attention to Montaigne, Grotius, Hobbes and the theorists of the English Revolution, he also reconsiders the origins of their conceptual vocabulary in humanist thought - particularly scepticism and stoicism - and its development and appropriation during the revolutions in Holland and France. This book will be welcomed by all historians of political thought and those interested in the development of the idea of the state.
• Altri titoli varianti: Philosophy & Government 1572-1651
• Titolo autorizzato: Philosophy and government 1572-1651
• ISBN: 1-139-24020-X; 0-511-55863-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248287103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Ideas in context ; ; 26.