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The 14 essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice
of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the
time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the
constructs of 'absolutism' and 'monarchism', examining how the
power and authority of monarchs was defined through contemporary
politics and philosophy.
The 14 essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice
of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the
time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the
constructs of 'absolutism' and 'monarchism', examining how the
power and authority of monarchs was defined through contemporary
politics and philosophy.
This book studies the patriarchalist theories of Sir Robert Filmer
(1588-1653) in the context of early modern English and European
political cultures. Making use of unexplored primary material and
adopting an innovative contextual approach, Cuttica provides a
long-overdue account of an often referred-to but largely
misunderstood thinker. By focusing on Filmer's most important
writing, Patriarcha (written in the 1620s-30s but published in
1680), this monograph rethinks some crucial issues in the reading
of political history in the seventeenth century. Most importantly,
it invites new reflections on the theory of patriarchalism and
gives novel insights into the place of patriotism in the
development of English political discourse and identity. Thanks to
its originality in both approach and content, this volume will be
of interest to historians of early modern England as well as
scholars of political thought. -- .
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Patriarchalism is omnipresent in Western culture and it pervades
the texts that have shaped this culture. From the creation story in
the Bible to the ancient authors, from the Church fathers to the
treatises of Enlightenment philosophers, right up to modern
fiction, male authority over women, children and other dependents
has shaped the nature of human relationships and the discourses
about these relationships. This collection of short essays offers
fresh and novel readings of key texts in the history of
patriarchalism as a concept of power. The texts selected are from
political, religious and literary works and together the readings
add new insights to a tradition that has never gone uncontested,
yet is unlikely to disappear soon.
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