Liberty and Property A Social History of Western Political Thought from the Renaissance to Enlightenment
Liberty and Property A Social History of Western Political Thought from the Renaissance to Enlightenment
- ISBN 13:
9781844677528
- ISBN 10:
1844677524
- Edition: 00
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 02/01/2012
- Publisher: VERSO
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Summary
The formation of the modern state, the rise of capitalism, the Renaissance and Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment'¬ ;all these have been credited to the '¬Searly modern'¬ period. Nearly everything about its history remains controversial, but one thing is certain: it left a rich and provocative legacy of political ideas unmatched in Western history. Ideas of liberty, equality, property, human rights and revolution born in those turbulent centuries continue to shape, and to limit, political discourse today. From Machiavelli, Luther and Calvin to Spinoza, the Levellers, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, Meiksins Wood vividly explores the ideas of the canonical thinkers, not as philosophical abstractions but as passionately engaged responses to the social conflicts of their day.