Liberty and Property A Social History of Western Political Thought from the Renaissance to Enlightenment

Name: Liberty and Property A Social History of Western Political Thought from the Renaissance to Enlightenment
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ISBN: 9781844677528

ISBN-10: 1844677524

ISBN-13: 9781844677528

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ellen Meiksins Wood

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The formation of the modern state, the rise of capitalism, the Renaissance and Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenmentâall these have been credited to the âearly modernâ 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…

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List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.94" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Transitions



The Renaissance City-State



The Reformation



The Spanish Empire



The Dutch Republic



French Absolutism



The English Revolution



Enlightenment or Capitalism?


Index