Defining the Common Good - Empire, Religion and Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Paperback, Revised)

The theme of this book is the crisis of the early modern state in eighteenth-century Britain. The revolt of the North American colonies and the simultaneous demand for wider religious toleration at home challenged the principles of sovereignty and obligation that underpinned arguments about the character of the state. These were expressed in terms of the 'common good', 'necessity', and 'community' - concepts that came to the fore in early modern European political thought and which gave expression to the problem of defining legitimate authority in a period of increasing consciousness of state power. The Americans and their British supporters argued that individuals ought to determine the common good of the community. A new theory of representation and freedom of thought defines the cutting edge of this revolutionary redefinition of the basic relationship between individual and community.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ideas in Context
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	1994
Authors:	Peter N. Miller
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	488
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-61712-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-521-61712-X
Barcode:	9780521617123

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