Sir Robert Filmer and English Political Thought / / James Daly.
Sir Robert Filmer (1588-1653) was a defender of 'the Natural Power of Kings against the Unnatural Liberty of the People.' His doctrine of omnicompetent sovereignty had little influence on the thought and political debates of his time, for none of his writings was published until the last f...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©1979 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
|
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. The context and contours of Filmer’s work
- 2. Sovereignty and its implications
- 3. Adam and his heirs
- 4. Government by consent
- 5. Usurpation and conquest
- 6. Filmer and English royalism
- 7. Filmer’s place in political thought
- Appendix A. Evidence of Filmerian ideas in royalist writers
- Appendix B. The authorship of some works attributed to Filmer
- Bibliography
- Index