Wayward Contracts

The Crisis Of Political Obligation In England, 1640-1674

by Victoria Kahn
language: english
Publisher: Princeton University Press, July of 2016 ‧
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Why did the language of contract become the dominant metaphor for the relationship between subject and sovereign in mid-seventeenth-century England? In Wayward Contracts, Victoria Kahn takes issue with the usual explanation for the emergence of contract theory in terms of the origins of liberalism, with its notions of autonomy, liberty, and equalit

Wayward Contracts

The Crisis Of Political Obligation In England, 1640-1674

by Victoria Kahn

Property Description
ISBN: 9780691171241
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: July of 2016
Language: English
Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 392
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > History of Literature
EAN: 9780691171241