Philosophy and the State in France : : The Renaissance to the Enlightenment / / Nannerl O. Keohane.

• VerfasserIn: Keohane, Nannerl O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5092
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (518 p.)

Tracing the development of French political thought in the seventeenth century, Nannerl Keohane explores a quite different emphasis on the indivisibility of sovereignty and the expression of interests rather than rights.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Order of the Kingdom and the Order of the Soul -- Chapter One. Sixteenth-Century Constitutionalism -- Chapter Two. The Development of Absolutist Thought -- Chapter Three. Individualism and Humanism -- Part II. Interest and Prudence: The State and the Sage -- Chapter Four. Two Moralities: The Philosopher and the Patrie -- Chapter Five. Public Utility Preferred to Private: Mercantilism and Raison d’Etat -- Chapter Six. A Variety of Loves and the Sovereignty of Will -- Chapter Seven. The Politics of Interest in the Fronde -- Part III. The Zenith and Decline of Absolute Monarchy -- Chapter Eight. Orthodox Absolutist Theory and the Métier du Roi -- Chapter Nine. Authority and Community in the Two Cities -- Chapter Ten. Self-Love and Society: Jansenism and the Honnête Homme -- Chapter Eleven. The Growth of Opposition to Absolute Monarchy in France -- Part IV. Approaches to a Synthesis -- Chapter Thirteen. A New Science of Politics in a Republic Protected by a King -- Chapter Fourteen. Montesquieu: Constitutionalism and Civic Virtue -- Chapter Fifteen. Rousseau: The General Interest in the General Will -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index