Few concepts have witnessed a more dramatic resurgence of interest
in recent year than corruption. It is, however, a concept that
dates back to antiquity with this recent popularity representing
the latest iteration in a long history of contestation over
corruption. In one of the first surveys of the variable contours of
meaning invested in the term, from antiquity through to the end of
the eighteenth century, this book explores the significant role
corruption has played in political discourse through the centuries.
It finds that corruption was not always a concept particular to the
abuse of public office, but was often applied to more nebulous
fears of moral, spiritual and physical degeneration. This book
marshals both historical and conceptual analysis to demonstrate a
conceptual oscillation between restrictive 'public office' and
expansive 'degenerative' connotations of corruption that persisted
until the second half of the eighteenth century when the public
office conception overtook and finally superseded the degenerative
one. The result is a survey that is fundamental to the
understanding of modern ideas of corruption and represents an
invaluable tool to both students and scholars of the subject.
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