Hobbes & His Critics: A Study In Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism
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Edition: 1st ed.,
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
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At the turbulent heart of seventeenth-century English political thought stands Thomas Hobbes — a figure so radical, so uncompromising, that he ignited a firestorm of intellectual opposition that would shape the foundations of modern constitutional theory. John Bowle's Hobbes & His Critics: A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism chronicles the fierce ideological battle waged against Hobbes's landmark work Leviathan, presenting a rich panorama of the thinkers, clergymen, and parliamentarians who challenged his unsparing vision of sovereign power and the social contract. Drawing on primary sources and a commanding grasp of the period, Bowle reconstructs the debates that placed individual liberty, religious authority, and the limits of government at the very centre of political discourse. Bowle writes with scholarly precision and narrative flair, situating each of Hobbes's critics within their broader intellectual and social milieu, illuminating how constitutional ideas were forged not in quiet consensus but in passionate, often bitter, controversy. The work stands as a vital contribution to the history of political philosophy, bridging the gap between the English Civil War's chaos and the emerging liberal constitutionalism of the Enlightenment. For anyone captivated by the origins of modern governance and the perennial contest between power and liberty, this study poses a question as urgent today as it was three centuries ago: who, ultimately, holds the right to rule?
Author: John Bowle
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, London: Jonathan Cape
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
At the turbulent heart of seventeenth-century English political thought stands Thomas Hobbes — a figure so radical, so uncompromising, that he ignited a firestorm of intellectual opposition that would shape the foundations of modern constitutional theory. John Bowle's Hobbes & His Critics: A Study in Seventeenth Century Constitutionalism chronicles the fierce ideological battle waged against Hobbes's landmark work Leviathan, presenting a rich panorama of the thinkers, clergymen, and parliamentarians who challenged his unsparing vision of sovereign power and the social contract. Drawing on primary sources and a commanding grasp of the period, Bowle reconstructs the debates that placed individual liberty, religious authority, and the limits of government at the very centre of political discourse. Bowle writes with scholarly precision and narrative flair, situating each of Hobbes's critics within their broader intellectual and social milieu, illuminating how constitutional ideas were forged not in quiet consensus but in passionate, often bitter, controversy. The work stands as a vital contribution to the history of political philosophy, bridging the gap between the English Civil War's chaos and the emerging liberal constitutionalism of the Enlightenment. For anyone captivated by the origins of modern governance and the perennial contest between power and liberty, this study poses a question as urgent today as it was three centuries ago: who, ultimately, holds the right to rule?