Changes of state: nature and the limits of the city in early modern natural law
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1. Verfasser: Brett, Annabel S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press 2011
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
This is a book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. Annabel Brett takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. She begins with a classic debate from the Spanish sixteenth century over the political treatment of mendicants, showing how cosmopolitan ideals of porous boundaries could simultaneously justify the freedoms of itinerant beggars and the activities of European colonists in the Indies. She goes on to examine the boundarie
Introduction: On the threshold of state -- Travelling the borderline -- Constructing human agency -- Natural law -- Natural liberty -- Kingdoms founded -- The lives of subjects -- Locality -- Re-placing the state
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (242 pages)
ISBN:0691141932
1400838622
9780691141930
9781400838622

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