Filmer: 'Patriarcha' and Other Writings
In seventeenth-century England, patriarchalist thinking shaped English ideas not only about the family but also about society and the state. Many thinkers argued that the state should be seen as a family, and that the king held the powers of a father over his subjects. The classic texts of patriarchal political thinking were written by Sir Robert Filmer (1588-1653), one of the most acute defenders of absolute monarchy. In addition to presenting his own patriarchalist theory, Filmer's works contain incisive attacks on democratic thinking and on the notion that political obligation stems from a contract between ruler and ruled. His political wo…
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- ISBN: 978-1-316-04141-3
- EAN: 9781316041413
- Produktnummer: 19566449
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 19'040 KB
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