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Early modern concepts for a late modern world : Althusius on community and federalism /

Johannes Althusius (1557-1638) was a political theorist and a combative city politician who defended the rights of small communities against territorial absolutism. He designed a system of politics in which sovereignty would be shared and jointly exercised by a plurality of collectivities, spatial a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hueglin, Thomas O.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: Reconstruction, Relevance, and Context
  • The Contextual World of Althusius' Thought
  • Four Hundred Years of Althusius Controversy and the Need for a New Interpretation
  • The Historical Context: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Dutch Revolt against Spain, and the Rise of the Absolutist State
  • Theoretical Consequences: Absolutism and Territorial Centralization
  • Recourse to Alternative Traditions: Political Calvinism, Aristotle, and Germanic Communitarianism
  • The Method: Politica Methodice Digesta Exemplis Sacris and Profanis Illustrata
  • The Althusian System of Politics
  • Consociation: The Principle of Political Community in a Civil Society
  • Societal Federalism: A Compound Polity of Particular and Universal Citizenship
  • Representation: Problems of Participation and Legitimacy in the Political Process
  • Subsidiarity and the Division of Powers: The Balance between Autonomy and Solidarity
  • Sovereignty: Organized Unity of Action and a Right to Civil Disobedience
  • The Relevance of Althusius Today
  • Conclusion: Lineage and Affinities.