Time, History, and Political Thought

ISBN-13: 9781009289368 / Twarda / 2023 / 330 str.

Opis

Explores the multiple ways in which different conceptions of time and history have been used to understand politics since late antiquity.

Spis treści

Introduction: Time, History, and Political Thought John Robertson; 1. Out of Time? Eternity, Christology, and Justinianic Law Caroline Humfress; 2. Historicity and Universality in Roman Law before 1600 Magnus Ryan; 3. 'The Logic of Authority and the Logic of Evidence' George Garnett; 4. Christian Time and the Commonwealth in early modern Political Thought Sarah Mortimer; 5. Politic History Kinch Hoekstra; 6. Hobbes on the Theology and Politics of Time Quentin Skinner; 7. The Recourse to Sacred History before the Enlightenment: Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise John Robertson; 8. Law, Chronology, and Scottish Conjectural History Aaron Garrett; 9. Civilization and Perfectibility: Conflicting Views of the History of Humankind? Silvia Sebastiani; 10. Kant on History, or Theodicy for Mortal Gods Chris Meckstroth; 11. Law's Histories in post-Napoleonic Germany Charlotte Johann; 12. After Historicism: The Politics of Time and History in Twentieth-Century Germany Waseem Yaqoob; 13. The Right to Rebel: History and Universality in the Political Thought of the Algerian Revolution Emma Stone Mackinnon; Bibliography; Index.