John Milton, Radical Politics, and Biblical RepublicanismUniversity of Delaware Press, 2006 - 305 pages In analyzing how Milton reads and appropriates different biblical texts to give shape to his republican vision, this book also assesses his significance to the development of early modern English political thought, his conception of the English nation, and finally, his response to pressures exerted by a secular modernity grounded on international commercial activities."--Jacket. |
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... emphasis . When Milton deciphered political meaning perceived to inhere in key scriptural passages when arguing out the terms of his republican vision , he engaged in polemical war with supporters of the mon- archy who read the same ...
... emphasis . When Milton deciphered political meaning perceived to inhere in key scriptural passages when arguing out the terms of his republican vision , he engaged in polemical war with supporters of the mon- archy who read the same ...
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... emphasis has also considered the nature of this activism in relation to the context of radical political thought.1 If Mil- ton had incurred a sizeable debt to contemporary radical political discourse , he had himself contributed ...
... emphasis has also considered the nature of this activism in relation to the context of radical political thought.1 If Mil- ton had incurred a sizeable debt to contemporary radical political discourse , he had himself contributed ...
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... emphasize that this was not the sole source of his political ideas . If Milton subscribed to neo - Roman discourse as an important feature of his classical republicanism , it must also be stressed that Protestant radical theology ...
... emphasize that this was not the sole source of his political ideas . If Milton subscribed to neo - Roman discourse as an important feature of his classical republicanism , it must also be stressed that Protestant radical theology ...
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... emphasis . This emphasis inter- faces the discourse of classical republicanism ( underwritten foremost by Aristotle's Politics and his Nicomachean Ethics ) in its subscription to the understanding that both internal and external slavery ...
... emphasis . This emphasis inter- faces the discourse of classical republicanism ( underwritten foremost by Aristotle's Politics and his Nicomachean Ethics ) in its subscription to the understanding that both internal and external slavery ...
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... emphasis on the place of conscience in the conception of the prophetic identity means that God's prophets finally have no choice but to participate in public denunciation of the tyranny of monarchical rule . Chapter 1 of this book ...
... emphasis on the place of conscience in the conception of the prophetic identity means that God's prophets finally have no choice but to participate in public denunciation of the tyranny of monarchical rule . Chapter 1 of this book ...
Table des matières
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Authority in the Ideal Republic | 71 |
Nationhood | 126 |
Of Prophets and Politics | 170 |
Internationalism | 211 |
Notes | 255 |
Works Cited | 285 |
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