Reforming the Law of Nature : : Natural Law in the Reformed Tradition and the Secularization of Political Thought, 1532–1688 /

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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Kennedy, Simon P.,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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