Sidney: Court Maxims
by Algernon Sidney, Hans W. Blom (Editor), Eco Haitsma-Mulier (Editor), Ronald Janse (Editor)
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This remarkable expression of radical republican thought has never before been published. Algernon Sidney was among the most unrelenting partisans of the parliamentary party during the Commonwealth, and died on the scaffold in 1683 for his opposition to Charles II. Sidney's voluminous Discourses Concerning Government was published after his death, but the earlier and more vivid Court Maxims was only recently rediscovered in a manuscript in Warwick Castle. Written during Sidney's continental show more exile, Court Maxims reveals the international character of republican thought. Its dialogue structure presents a lively discussion about the principles of government and the practice of politics, articulating a vital tradition of republicanism in an age of absolutism. These characteristics make Court Maxims a unique text, essential reading for anyone interested in republicanism or Early Modern political thought. show lessTags
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Hans W. Blom teaches political philosophy and political science at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Collegium Civitas Warsaw. He publishes widely on early-modern political thought and the history of social and political concepts. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Grotiana.
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Philosophy
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- 321.8 — Society, government, & culture Political science Systems of governments and states Democratic government [formerly : Republic]
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- JC153 .S5 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Modern state
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