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Anatomy of failure : philosophy and political action /

Modern liberalism begins in the forgetting of the English Revolution. Anatomy of Failure seeks to right that wrong by exploring the concept of political action, playing its history against its philosophy. The 1640s are a period of institutional failure and political disaster: the country plunges int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feltham, Oliver
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Thrasymachus versus Socrates on philosophy and political action
  • 1647: the history of the leveller-agitators and the new model army
  • Hobbes' and Locke's metaphysics: substances no longer act, institutions act
  • Hobbes and Locke on religious conflict: when institutions act, subjects act
  • Hobbes and Locke on politics: sovereign action and contractual action
  • Unveiling the forgotten model: the leveller-agitators on joint action.