Reforming the Law of Nature : : Natural Law in the Reformed Tradition and the Secularization of Political Thought, 1532–1688 / / Simon P. Kennedy.
Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politicsProvides a fresh interpretation of the historical relationship between early modern developments in natural law theories and important features of modern political thought, including secularization an...
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Comparative Political Theory and Intellectual History
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations, Citations and Style -- Introduction -- 1. John Calvin’s Political Naturalism -- 2. Richard Hooker’s Theistic Naturalism -- 3 Johannes Althusius and Political Society as Pactum -- 4 Thomas Hobbes: Reforming Nature, Profaning Politics -- 5 John Locke on Conventional Politics -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politicsProvides a fresh interpretation of the historical relationship between early modern developments in natural law theories and important features of modern political thought, including secularization and liberalismOffers a fresh, interdisciplinary reading of early Reformed Protestant natural law jurisprudence and political thoughtReframes the relationship of the Reformed Protestant tradition to both medieval and Enlightenment political thought and jurisprudence in a way that has a lasting impact on scholarly discourse in law, intellectual history, theology, and political scienceReforming the Law of Nature is a stimulating study of the development of natural law ideas in the early modern period, uncovering their connection to conceptions of the origins of politics. It brings sixteenth and seventeenth century jurisprudence, theology and political philosophy into conversation with one another to uncover the ways in which developments in political thought affected the emergence of a secular understanding of political life. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781474494007 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110993004 9783110993011 9783110780390 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781474494007 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Simon P. Kennedy. |