Lawson: Politica sacra et civilis
George Lawson author Conal Condren editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:7th Jan '93
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Lawson's Politica, a seventeenth-century treatise on politics in church and state.
Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state. This new modern edition is based on, and corrects, the first printed editions of 1660 and 1689 and contains an extensive introduction and notes designed to make this significant work accessible to both students and specialists.Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state, and is arguably the most significant work of political theory to have been printed during the Restoration crisis of 1659–60. The work was widely discussed during the seventeenth century and its conceptual vocabulary applied in discussions of the Revolution of 1688–9, when it was also posthumously republished. Despite Lawson's fame, however, his work fell into relative obscurity during the eighteenth century but it has recently been the subject of renewed scholarly interest. Politica has been reassessed as both historically and theoretically significant, and Lawson's contextual and interpretative importance emphasised, as a writer who enriches our understanding of Hobbes and Locke. This new modern edition is the first to be based on, and to correct, the rare and badly printed edition of 1660 and the partially corrected edition of 1689. Containing full scholarly apparatus, it is designed to make this significant work accessible to students as well as specialists through a substantial introduction and notes, contextual material and bibliographical guide.
"This book contributes to a number of contemporary debates....It is therefore a timely and significant book. Each country is treated in great detail and current political developements are put in their historical context. This provides a useful reference book for students of contemporary Pacific isalnd politics. But this is also a provocative book....There are many imponderables thrown up by this book, which is perhaps one of its most provocative and important aspects....Lawson's book will be an essential part of this debate." H-Net Reviews
ISBN: 9780521392488
Dimensions: 223mm x 147mm x 31mm
Weight: 576g
340 pages