Alan Houston introduces a new level of rigor into contemporary
debates over republicanism by providing the first complete account
of the range, structure, and influence of the political writings of
Algernon Sidney (1623-1683). Though not well known today, Sidney's
Discourses Concerning Government influenced radicals in England and
America throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To
many, it was a "textbook of revolution." Houston begins with a
masterful intellectual biography tracing the development of
Sidney's ideas in the political and intellectual context of Stuart
England, and he concludes with a detailed study of the impact of
Sidney's writings and heroic martyrdom on revolutionary America.
Documenting the interdependence of what have previously been
regarded as distinctly "liberal" and "republican" theories, the
author provides a new perspective on Anglo-American political
thought. Many scholars have assumed that the republican language of
virtue is distinct from and in tension with the liberal logic of
rights and interests. By focusing on the contemporary meaning of
concepts like freedom and slavery or virtue and corruption, Houston
demonstrates that Sidney's republicanism and Locke's liberalism
were not rivals but frequently complemented each other.
Originally published in 1991.
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