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ISBN 10: 052154341X ISBN 13: 9780521543415

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state, and is arguably the most significant work of political theory to have been printed during the Restoration crisis of 1659–60. The work was widely discussed during the seventeenth century and its conceptual vocabulary applied in discussions of the Revolution of 1688–9, when it was also posthumously republished. Despite Lawson's fame, however, his work fell into relative obscurity during the eighteenth century but it has recently been the subject of renewed scholarly interest. Politica has been reassessed as both historically and theoretically significant, and Lawson's contextual and interpretative importance emphasised, as a writer who enriches our understanding of Hobbes and Locke. This new modern edition is the first to be based on, and to correct, the rare and badly printed edition of 1660 and the partially corrected edition of 1689. Containing full scholarly apparatus, it is designed to make this significant work accessible to students as well as specialists through a substantial introduction and notes, contextual material and bibliographical guide.

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"This book contributes to a number of contemporary debates....It is therefore a timely and significant book. Each country is treated in great detail and current political developements are put in their historical context. This provides a useful reference book for students of contemporary Pacific isalnd politics. But this is also a provocative book....There are many imponderables thrown up by this book, which is perhaps one of its most provocative and important aspects....Lawson's book will be an essential part of this debate." H-Net Reviews

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Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state. This new modern edition is based on, and corrects, the first printed editions of 1660 and 1689 and contains an extensive introduction and notes designed to make this significant work accessible to both students and specialists.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 052154341X
• ISBN 13: 9780521543415
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 340