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Algernon Sidney and the Republican Heritage in England and America
Alan Craig Houston
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Description for Algernon Sidney and the Republican Heritage in England and America
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Alan Houston introduces a new level of rigor into contemporary debates over republicanism by providing the first complete account of the range, structure, and influence of the political writings of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683). Though not well known today, Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government influenced radicals in England and America throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To many, it was a "textbook of revolution." Houston begins with a masterful intellectual biography tracing the development of Sidney's ideas in the political and intellectual context of Stuart England, and he concludes with a detailed study of the impact of Sidney's writings and heroic martyrdom ... Read more
Alan Houston introduces a new level of rigor into contemporary debates over republicanism by providing the first complete account of the range, structure, and influence of the political writings of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683). Though not well known today, Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government influenced radicals in England and America throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To many, it was a "textbook of revolution." Houston begins with a masterful intellectual biography tracing the development of Sidney's ideas in the political and intellectual context of Stuart England, and he concludes with a detailed study of the impact of Sidney's writings and heroic martyrdom ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691602066
SKU
V9780691602066
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Reviews for Algernon Sidney and the Republican Heritage in England and America
Winner of the 1992 Best Book Award of the Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association