Like Parchment in the Fire: Literature and Radicalism in the English Civil WarThis book examines the literary, religious, and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects of the English Civil War. Featuring a chapter on John Milton, this book also addresses the legal problems that engaged the early modern radical reformers, the issue of radical religion as a negotiating tool and the limits of radical liberal thought. |
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... Hobbes and John Locke are supposed to be the paradigmatic liberals because of the emphasis they place on individual freedom. Thomas Hobbes, however, can only be called a liberal with severe qualifications since he argued for acute ...
... Hobbes and John Locke are supposed to be the paradigmatic liberals because of the emphasis they place on individual freedom. Thomas Hobbes, however, can only be called a liberal with severe qualifications since he argued for acute ...
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... Hobbes was proposing precisely such a variety of liberalism . 8 As opposed to these moderate mainstream definitions of liberalism , I suggest a radical definition of liberalism which relies as much on rights as on collective values and ...
... Hobbes was proposing precisely such a variety of liberalism . 8 As opposed to these moderate mainstream definitions of liberalism , I suggest a radical definition of liberalism which relies as much on rights as on collective values and ...
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... Hobbesian legal positivism and the common-law tradition sanctioned by the likes of Edward Coke. In his republican tracts, John Milton too emphasizes such a participatory side of politics. For Mil- ton, a free government springs neither ...
... Hobbesian legal positivism and the common-law tradition sanctioned by the likes of Edward Coke. In his republican tracts, John Milton too emphasizes such a participatory side of politics. For Mil- ton, a free government springs neither ...
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Contents
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John Warr the Levellers and John Locke | 57 |
Digger Radicalism Revisited | 107 |
The Delayed Radicalism of the Ranters | 155 |
Notes | 185 |
Bibliography | 203 |
Index | 209 |
Back cover | 213 |
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Like Parchment in the Fire: Literature and Radicalism in the English Civil War Prasanta Chakravarty No preview available - 2015 |
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