Bates States of War

Enlightenment Origins of the Political
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-52866-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Bates, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Dick Howard
Preface
Introduction: Constitutional Violence and Enlightenment Thought
1. The Autonomous State and the Origin of the Political
2. States of Reasoning: Modern Natural-Law Theory
3. Locke's Natural History of the Political
4. Systems of Sovereignty in Montesquieu
5. Rousseau's Cybernetic Political Body
Conclusion: From the Concept of the Political to the Rule of Law
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David William Bates is professor of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Berkeley Center for New Media. He is the author of Enlightenment Aberrations: Error and Revolution in France, and, alongside his work on the history of political and legal thought, his research focuses on the intersections between technology and cognition since the Scientific Revolution.