Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 299 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139137126
Series Statement:
Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Uniform Title:
Commonwealth of Oceana
Content:
James Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This 1992 volume comprises the first and last of Harrington's writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a long-term process of social change which led to the decay of the old political order. The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656) is a fictionalised presentation of English history up to the victory of the New Model Army, explaining the fall of the monarchy and proposing a republic to replace it. A System of Politics, written after the Restoration, is a scheme of history and political philosophy erected on the foundations of his previous works. Professor Pocock's introduction emphasises Harrington's place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of events in Harrington's life and a guide to further reading
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521411899
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521423298
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521411899
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139137126
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Author information:
Pocock, John G. A. 1924-2023
Author information:
Harrington, James 1611-1677
