Patriarchalism in seventeenthcentury political thought politics. From the creation story in the bible to the ancient authors, from the church fathers to the treatises of. European political thought consists of sections on st. Professor pocock emphasises both the theory and practice of political thought considered as action in history, and the political theory of historiography considered as a form of political thought. While this aspect of political theory has usually remained unexplored, it was an important critical weapon in the battle between patriarchal and liberal thought. Reading patriarchal texts, coedited with gaby mahlberg london. Schochet, patriarchalism and political thought new york. Patriarchalism in seventeenthcentury political thought manchester. Feminist interpretations of thomas hobbes edited by nancy.
You must there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one thats only in the merriamwebster unabridged dictionary. While hardly unique, he was the most forthright and unyielding of. Part of the problems in focus series book series pfs. Sir robert filmer and english political thought daly. Sir robert filmer 15881653 was a defender of the natural power of kings against the unnatural liberty of the people. Feminist interpretations of thomas hobbes features the work of feminist scholars who are centrally engaged with hobbess ideas and texts and who view hobbes as an important touchstone in modern political thought. With its salutary reminder that patriarchalism is above all a way of understanding social and political order, patriarchal moments offers a compelling series of contextualized analyses that explore the different kinds of personalized authority male over female, father over child, government over families that constitute the several.
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Fiction that explores american politics american political thought. From the creation story in the bible to the ancient authors, from the church fathers to the treatises of enlightenment philosophers, right up to modern. A muchneeded monograph of one of the most unpopular and criticised thinkers in the history of political thought, cutticas study provides an illuminating and innovative picture of sir robert filmer 15881653 and patriarchalism. Cesare cuttica a muchneeded monograph of one of the most unpopular and criticised thinkers in the history of political thought, cutticas study provides an illuminating and innovative picture of sir robert filmer 15881653 and patriarchalism. Patriarchalism in political thought hardcover september 22, 1975 by gordon j. The authoritarian family and political attitudes in 17th century england. Writing in the early caroline regime and the issue of patriarchas nonpublication 6. Feminist interpretations of thomas hobbes edited by nancy j. The authoritarian family and political attitudes in 17th. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage patriarchy is associated with a set of ideas, a patriarchal ideology that acts to explain and justify this. Historical and political contexts of the isle of pines.
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Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage. They note the political constraints that inhibited the study of womenthe traditionalism and patriarchalism of the imperial. This collection of short essays offers fresh and novel readings of key texts in the history of patriarchalism as a concept of power. Patriarchalism, politics and mass attitudes in stuart. The authoritarian family and political attitudes in 17th century. Together these essays constitute a collection that any serious student of politics and intellectual history needs to possess. Patriarchalism definition is government by a patriarch. Patriarchalism definition of patriarchalism by merriam.
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Filmers patriarchalism versus jesuit political ideas 4. Schochet studies the history and forms of patriarchalism in early modern england and the sudden emergence in the seventeenth century of political theory that uses familial reasoning as direct justi. Appealing to a broad audience in the humanities, this thoroughly researched work will make an essential reading for all those interested in early modern politics and. Patriarchalism is a political theory that arose in england in the seventeenth century that defended the concept of absolute power for the monarchy, through language that emphasized the paternal power of the king over the state and his subjects. Available for the first time in paperback, this classic study of the relationship between paternal and political authority identifies patriachalism as a leitmotif of western social and political thought since the time of plato and aristotle. Patriarchy is often associated with a set of ideas, also. Sir robert filmer 15881653 and the patriotic monarch. Patriarchalism definition of patriarchalism by the free. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Cesare cuttica a muchneeded monograph of one of the most unpopular and criticised thinkers in the history of political thought, cutticas study provides an illuminating and innovative picture of. Dec 17, 2015 with its salutary reminder that patriarchalism is above all a way of understanding social and political order, patriarchal moments offers a compelling series of contextualized analyses that explore the different kinds of personalized authority male over female, father over child, government over families that constitute the several. In early seventeenthcentury england, patriarchalism was a dominant paradigm, a world view, a weltanschauung. Patriarchal theorists, relying on the book of genesis, could assign women to an appropriately subordinate place in family and society. Patriarchalism is a political theory that arose in england in the seventeenth century that defended the concept of absolute power for the monarchy, through language that emphasized the paternal power of the king over the state and his subjects due to divisive religious policy, controversial political strategy at home and disastrous diplomatic campaigns abroad, james i and charles i. Making use of unexplored primary material and adopting an innovative contextual approach, cuttica provides a longoverdue account of an often referredto but. This book studies the patriarchalist theories of sir robert filmer 15881653 in. His doctrine of omnicompetent sovereignty had little influence on the thought and political debates of his time, for none of his writings was published until the last few years of his life. The patriarchal political theory is associated primarily with sir robert filmer c. Amongst historians of political thought, neville is best known as a close friend and collaborator of the political theorist james harrington, whose utopian work, the commonwealth of oceana 1656, offered constitutional proposals to the government of oliver cromwell.
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