Author: Rachel Hammersley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192537873
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Despite not being an active participant in the English Civil War, seventeenth-century political thinker James Harrington exercised an important influence on the ideas and politics of that crucial period of history. In The Commonwealth of Oceana he sought to explain why civil war had broken out in 1642, to put the case for commonwealth government, and to offer a detailed constitutional blueprint for a new and successful English government. In this intellectual biography of Harrington, Rachel Hammersley sets a fresh analysis of this and Harrington's other writings against the background of his life and the turbulent period in which he lived. In doing so, this study seeks to move beyond the conventional view of Harrington as primarily a republican thinker, offering a broader and more comprehensive account of him which addresses the complexity of his republicanism as well as exploring his contributions to economic, historical, religious, philosophical, and scientific debates; his experimentation with vocabulary and literary form; and the relationship between his life and thought. Harrington is presented as an innovative political thinker, committed to democracy, social mobility, and meritocracy. Ultimately, this broader examination of Harrington's life and work opens a window on political, economic, religious, and scientific issues which serve to complicate understandings of the English Revolution, and sheds fresh light on the relevance of seventeenth-century ideas to the modern world.
James Harrington
Author: Rachel Hammersley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192537873
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Despite not being an active participant in the English Civil War, seventeenth-century political thinker James Harrington exercised an important influence on the ideas and politics of that crucial period of history. In The Commonwealth of Oceana he sought to explain why civil war had broken out in 1642, to put the case for commonwealth government, and to offer a detailed constitutional blueprint for a new and successful English government. In this intellectual biography of Harrington, Rachel Hammersley sets a fresh analysis of this and Harrington's other writings against the background of his life and the turbulent period in which he lived. In doing so, this study seeks to move beyond the conventional view of Harrington as primarily a republican thinker, offering a broader and more comprehensive account of him which addresses the complexity of his republicanism as well as exploring his contributions to economic, historical, religious, philosophical, and scientific debates; his experimentation with vocabulary and literary form; and the relationship between his life and thought. Harrington is presented as an innovative political thinker, committed to democracy, social mobility, and meritocracy. Ultimately, this broader examination of Harrington's life and work opens a window on political, economic, religious, and scientific issues which serve to complicate understandings of the English Revolution, and sheds fresh light on the relevance of seventeenth-century ideas to the modern world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192537873
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Despite not being an active participant in the English Civil War, seventeenth-century political thinker James Harrington exercised an important influence on the ideas and politics of that crucial period of history. In The Commonwealth of Oceana he sought to explain why civil war had broken out in 1642, to put the case for commonwealth government, and to offer a detailed constitutional blueprint for a new and successful English government. In this intellectual biography of Harrington, Rachel Hammersley sets a fresh analysis of this and Harrington's other writings against the background of his life and the turbulent period in which he lived. In doing so, this study seeks to move beyond the conventional view of Harrington as primarily a republican thinker, offering a broader and more comprehensive account of him which addresses the complexity of his republicanism as well as exploring his contributions to economic, historical, religious, philosophical, and scientific debates; his experimentation with vocabulary and literary form; and the relationship between his life and thought. Harrington is presented as an innovative political thinker, committed to democracy, social mobility, and meritocracy. Ultimately, this broader examination of Harrington's life and work opens a window on political, economic, religious, and scientific issues which serve to complicate understandings of the English Revolution, and sheds fresh light on the relevance of seventeenth-century ideas to the modern world.
The Oceana of James Harrington, Esq
Author: James Harrington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The Oceana of James Harrington
Author: James Harrington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The Political Works of James Harrington: Part One
Author: James Harrington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521137928
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 950
Book Description
James Harrington (1611-1677) was a pioneer in applying the methods of Machiavelli and other civic humanists to English political society and its landed structure. In the century after his death, his ideas were adapted to become an important ingredient in the vocabulary of both English and American political opposition to the methods of Hanoverian parliamentary monarchy. This work includes all of his prose works on political subjects as well as Oceana, his best-known work. The critical introduction attempts to revalue the evidence concerning Harrington's life and writings, to locate them in the context of Civil War, Commonwealth and Puritan thinking and to trace the development of Harringtonian and neo-Harringtonian ideology during subsequent generations.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521137928
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 950
Book Description
James Harrington (1611-1677) was a pioneer in applying the methods of Machiavelli and other civic humanists to English political society and its landed structure. In the century after his death, his ideas were adapted to become an important ingredient in the vocabulary of both English and American political opposition to the methods of Hanoverian parliamentary monarchy. This work includes all of his prose works on political subjects as well as Oceana, his best-known work. The critical introduction attempts to revalue the evidence concerning Harrington's life and writings, to locate them in the context of Civil War, Commonwealth and Puritan thinking and to trace the development of Harringtonian and neo-Harringtonian ideology during subsequent generations.
The Oceana and Other Works of James Harrington
Author: James Harrington
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498168168
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1747 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498168168
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1747 Edition.
The Oceana, and Other Works of James Harrington, Esq; Collected, Methodiz'd, and Review'd, with an Exact Account of His Life Prefix'd
Author: James Harrington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
The Oceana and Other Works of James Harrington Esq; Collected ... with an Exact Account of His Life Prefix'd, by John Toland. To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing All the Political Tracts Wrote by this Author, Omitted in Mr. Toland's Edition ... The Third Edition: with an Alphabetical Index, Etc
Author: James HARRINGTON (Author of “Oceana.”.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Political Writings of James Harrington
Author: James Harrington
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
James Harrington (1611-1677) was a pioneer in applying the methods of Machiavelli and other civic humanists to English political society and its landed structure. In the century after his death, his ideas were adapted to become an important ingredient in the vocabulary of both English and American political opposition to the methods of Hanoverian parliamentary monarchy. This work includes all of his prose works on political subjects as well as Oceana, his best-known work. The critical introduction attempts to revalue the evidence concerning Harrington's life and writings, to locate them in the context of Civil War, Commonwealth and Puritan thinking and to trace the development of Harringtonian and neo-Harringtonian ideology during subsequent generations.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
James Harrington (1611-1677) was a pioneer in applying the methods of Machiavelli and other civic humanists to English political society and its landed structure. In the century after his death, his ideas were adapted to become an important ingredient in the vocabulary of both English and American political opposition to the methods of Hanoverian parliamentary monarchy. This work includes all of his prose works on political subjects as well as Oceana, his best-known work. The critical introduction attempts to revalue the evidence concerning Harrington's life and writings, to locate them in the context of Civil War, Commonwealth and Puritan thinking and to trace the development of Harringtonian and neo-Harringtonian ideology during subsequent generations.
James Harrington
Author: James Harrington
Publisher: Deep and Deep Publications
ISBN: 9788171007523
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: Deep and Deep Publications
ISBN: 9788171007523
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description