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James Harrington (ePub eBook)


James Harrington (ePub eBook)

eBook by Hammersley, Rachel;

James Harrington (ePub eBook)

£68.33

ISBN:
9780192537874
Publication Date:
03 Oct 2019
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Imprint:
OUP Oxford
Pages:
334 pages
Format:
eBook
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James Harrington (ePub eBook)

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 thisintellectual 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 politicalthinker, 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 therelevance of seventeenth-century ideas to the modern world.

Contents

Introduction Section One: Harrington the Man Introduction 1: The Family Man 2: The Supporter of Parliament 3: The Agent of Monarchy Section Two: Harrington the Republican Introduction 4: The Republican 5: The Atypical Republican Section Three: Harrington the Innovator Introduction 6: Innovation in Substance: 'Empire Follows the Balance of Property' 7: Innovation in Substance: Democracy 8: Innovation in Style Section Four: Harrington the Controversialist Introduction 9: Political Controversy 10: Historical Controversy 11: Religious Controversy 12: Philosophical and Scientific Controversy Section Five: Harrington the Man of Action Introduction 13: Engaging with Politicians 14: The Rota Club 15: Life After 1660 Conclusion

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