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Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century England and the Making of the Modern Political Imaginary

Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century England and the Making of the Modern Political Imaginary

Name: Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century England and the Making of the Modern Political Imaginary
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198852131
Price: 1034.02 HKD
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Author: Feisal G. Mohamed
ISBN: 9780198852131

By Feisal G. Mohamed

Oxford University Press February 2020

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ISBN-13: 9780198852131
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: February 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book argues that sovereignty is the first-order question of political order, and that seventeenth-century England provides an important case study in the roots of its modern iterations. It offers fresh readings of Thomas Hobbes, John Milton, and Andrew Marvell, as well as lesser-known figures and literary texts. In addition to political philosophy and literary studies, it also takes account of the period's legal history, exploring the exercise of the crown's feudal rights in the Court of Wards and Liveries, debates over habeas rights, and contests of various courts over jurisdiction. Theorizing sovereignty in a way that points forward to later modernity, the book also offers a sustained critique of the writings of Carl Schmitt, the twentieth century's most influential, if also most controversial, thinker on this topic.

Introduction

The Crown as Machine: Hobbes and Lord Saye

Provincializing Romance

Milton's Unitary Sovereignty

Marvell's Dread of the Sword

Epilogue: Uzzah and the Protection-Obedience Axiom

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