Janet Coleman's two volume history of European political
theorizing, from the ancient Greeks to the Renaissance is the
introduction which many have been waiting for. It treats some of
the most influential writers who have been considered by educated
Europeans down the centuries to have helped to construct their
identity, their shared "languages of politics" about the principles
and practices of good government, and the history of European
philosophy. It seeks to uncover and reconstruct the emergence of
the "state" and the various European political theories which
justified it.
This volume continues the story by focusing on medieval and
Renaissance thinkers and includes extensive discussion of the
practices that underpinned medieval political theories and which
continued to play crucial roles in the eventual development of
early-modern political institutions and debates. Throughout the
author draws on recent scholarly commentaries written by
specialists in philosophy, contemporary political theory, and on
medieval and Renaissance history and theology. She shows that the
medieval and Renaissance theorists' arguments can be seen as
logical and coherent if we can grasp the questions they thought it
important to answer. Janet Coleman strikes a balance between trying
to understand the philosophical cogency of medieval and Renaissance
arguments on the one hand, and on the other, elucidating why
historically-situated medieval and Renaissance thinkers,
respectively, thought the ways they did about politics; and why we
often think otherwise.
The volume will meet the needs of students of philosophy,
history and politics, proving to be an indispensable secondary
source which aims tosituate, explain, and provoke thought about the
major works of political theory likely to be encountered by
students of this period and beyond.
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