The Moral Person of the State - Pufendorf, Sovereignty and Composite Polities (Paperback)

This is the first detailed study in any language of the single most influential theory of the modern state: Samuel von Pufendorf's account of the state as a 'moral person'. Ben Holland reconstructs the theological and political contexts in and for which Pufendorf conceived of the state as being a person. Pufendorf took up an early Christian conception of personality and a medieval conception of freedom in order to fashion a theory of the state appropriate to continental Europe, and which could head off some of the absolutist implications of a rival theory of state personality, that of Hobbes. The book traces the fate of the concept in the hands of others - international lawyers, moral philosophers and revolutionaries - until the early twentieth century. It will be essential reading for historians of political thought and for those interested in the development of key ideas in theology, international law and international relations.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2020
Authors:	Ben Holland
Dimensions:	230 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	271
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-40340-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-108-40340-9
Barcode:	9781108403405

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