Changes of State : Nature and the Limits of the City in Early Modern Natural Law /

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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 cl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brett, Annabel S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Commonwealth
Naturrecht
Politische Philosophie
Political science.
Literature.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Commonwealth countries.
Pays du Commonwealth > Dans la litterature.
Commonwealth countries > In literature.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400838622

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