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Harro Hoepfl presents here a full-length study of the single most
influential organized group of scholars and pamphleteers in early
modern Europe (1540-1630), namely the Jesuits. He explores the
academic and political controversies in which they were engaged in
and their contribution to academic discourse around ideas of 'the
state' and 'politics'. He pays particular attention to their actual
teaching concerning doctrines for whose menacing practical
implications Jesuits generally were vilified: notably tyrannicide,
the papal power to depose rulers, the legitimacy of 'Machiavellian'
policies in dealing with heretics and the justifiability of
breaking faith with heretics. Hoepfl further explores the paradox
of the Jesuits' political activities being at once the subject of
conspiratorial fantasies but at the same time being widely
acknowledged as among the foremost intellects of their time, with
their thought freely cited and appropriated. This is an important
work of scholarship.
Harro Hopfl presents here the first full-length study of the single
most influential organised group of scholars and pamphleteers in
early modern Europe (1540-1630), namely the Jesuits. He explores
the academic and political controversies in which they were engaged
in and their contribution to academic discourse around ideas of
'the state' and 'politics'. He pays particular attention to their
actual teaching concerning doctrines for whose menacing practical
implications Jesuits generally were vilified: notably tyrannicide,
the papal power to depose rulers, the legitimacy of 'Machiavellian'
policies in dealing with heretics and the justifiability of
breaking faith with heretics. Hopfl further explores the paradox of
the Jesuits' political activities being at once the subject of
conspiratorial fantasies but at the same time being widely
acknowledged as among the foremost intellects of their time, with
their thought freely cited and appropriated. This is an important
work of scholarship.
This book explores the relationship between Calvin's thought about
civil and ecclesiastical order and his own circumstances and
activities. The early chapters argue that in his pre-Genevan
writings, including the first edition of the Institution, Calvin's
political thinking was entirely conventional; his subsequent
thought and conduct were not an implementation of previously
formulated ideas. Later chapters examine whether and to what extent
Calvin developed a distinctive vision of the Christian polity as
part of an overall conception of the Christian life.
Bureaucracy has long been a cornerstone of advanced industrial
societies, and a defining feature of modernity. At the same time,
many commentators from all quarters argue that it is on the wane in
this post-this or that world; or that if it isn't, it should be
dismantled to free up organizations, enterprise, and innovation.
But do we live in a more or less bureaucratic world? Do
contemporary forms and means of communication undermine or modify
bureaucracy, or does technology create new 'iron cages' and forms
of control? If bureaucratic models of organization are abandoned,
do we run risks of organizational failure and inequity? Are there
certain moral, professional, and social values associated with
bureaucratic models? This book explores these issues in different
organizational contexts - public administration, the National
Health Service, the modern firm and corporation - and offers new
insights into enduring questions. It will be an invaluable resource
for academics, researchers, and students in organization studies,
management, public administration, and sociology. The volume will
also appeal to managers, planners, and policy makers who deal with
these challenges.
Bureaucracy has long been a cornerstone of advanced industrial
societies, and a defining feature of modernity. At the same time,
many commentators from all quarters argue that it is on the wane in
this post-this or that world; or that if it isn't, it should be
dismantled to free up organizations, enterprise, and innovation.
But do we live in a more or less bureaucratic world? Do
contemporary forms and means of communication undermine or modify
bureaucracy, or does technology create new 'iron cages' and forms
of control? If bureaucratic models of organization are abandoned,
do we run risks of organizational failure and inequity? Are there
certain moral, professional, and social values associated with
bureaucratic models? This book explores these issues in different
organizational contexts - public administration, the National
Health Service, the modern firm and corporation - and offers new
insights into enduring questions. It will be an invaluable resource
for academics, researchers, and students in organization studies,
management, public administration, and sociology. The volume will
also appeal to managers, planners, and policy makers who deal with
these challenges.
Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal 'magistral'
Reformers of the sixteenth-century: they sought to enlist the
cooperation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. However,
neither regarded the relationship between Reformed Christians and
the secular authorities as comfortable or unproblematic. The two
pieces translated here, Luther's On Secular Authority and Calvin's
On Civil Government, constitute their most sustained attempts to
find the proper balance between these two commitments. Despite
their mutual respect, there were wide divergences between them.
Luther's On Secular Authority would later be cited en bloc in
favour of religious toleration, whereas Calvin envisaged secular
authority as an agency for the compulsory establishment of the
external conditions of Christian virtue and the suppression of
dissent. The introduction, glossary, chronology and bibliography
contained in this volume locate the texts in the broader context of
the theology and political thinking of their authors.
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