Reforming the law of nature :: the secularization of political thought, 1532-1688 /

"Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politics. Provides a fresh interpretation of the historical relationship between early modern developments in natural law theories and important features of modern political thought, including seculariz...

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Main Author: Kennedy, Simon P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Series:Edinburgh studies in comparative political theory & intellectual history.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politics. Provides a fresh interpretation of the historical relationship between early modern developments in natural law theories and important features of modern political thought, including secularization and liberalism offers an interdisciplinary reading of early Reformed Protestant natural law jurisprudence and the relationship of the Reformed Protestant tradition to both medieval and Enlightenment political thought and jurisprudence in a way that has a lasting impact on scholarly discourse in law, intellectual history, theology, and political science. This book is a study of the development of natural law ideas in the early modern period, uncovering their connection to conceptions of the origins of politics. It brings sixteenth and seventeenth century jurisprudence, theology and political philosophy into conversation with one another to uncover the ways in which developments in political thought affected the emergence of a secular understanding of political life"--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 206 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-198) and index.
ISBN:9781474494007
1474494005
9781474494014
1474494013

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