From Divine Cosmos to Sovereign State: An Intellectual History of Consciousness and the Idea of Order in Renaissance England

Collins, Stephen L.; Stephen L. Collins

ISBN 10: 019507131X / ISBN 13: 9780195071313

Editore: Oxford Univeristy Press, Inc., New York, Oxford, et al., 1989

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235 pp. Flawless copy.

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• Titolo: From Divine Cosmos to Sovereign State: An Intellectual History of Consciousness and the Idea of Order in Renaissance England
• Editore: Oxford Univeristy Press, Inc., New York, Oxford, et al.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019507131X
• ISBN 13: 9780195071313
• Rilegatura: Trade Paperback
• Disegnatore: Joy Taylor (Cover Design by)
• Stampa: 1st Printing
• Condizione: Like New
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Philosophy

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In the late English Renaissance, writers as varied as Shakespeare, Hooker, Bacon, and Hobbes problematically engaged the traditional idea of order and helped define a new, secular one. In this intellectual history, Collins treats the idea of order as a dynamic concept which incorporates changing views of self, society, and the relationship between private and public during these years. He sees this as a process of meaning redefinition that simultaneously heightens and comes to terms with the dissolution of the old idea of order; the self-consciously articulated concept of the representative sovereign state replaces the vision of the divine cosmos as the medium for identity and social order. Collins draws on a wide range of political, literary, and other contemporary writings to chart this process--now associated with secularization--providing a provocative analysis of social and intellectual change.