Not by reason alone : religion, history, and identity in early modern political thought / Joshua Mitchell.

By: Mitchell, Joshua, 1955-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993Description: xi, 252 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0226532216 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226532224 (paper)Subject(s): Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 -- Contributions in political science | Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 -- Contributions in political science | Locke, John, 1632-1704 -- Contributions in political science | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Contributions in political science | Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 -- Political and social views | Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 | Locke, John, 1632-1704 | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 | Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 | Political science -- History | History -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines | Christianity and politics -- History | Identification (Religion) -- History of doctrines | Identification (Religion) -- HistoryGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 320/.01 LOC classification: JA81 | .M54 1993Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
1. Luther: The Dialectic of Supersession and the Politics of Righteousness -- 2. Hobbes: The Dialectic of Renewal and the Politics of Pride -- 3. Locke: The Dialectic of Clarification and the Politics of Reason -- 4. Rousseau: The History of Diremption and the Politics of Errancy.
Summary: Masterfully interweaving political, religious, and historical themes, Not by Reason Alone creates a new interpretation of early modern political thought. Where most accounts assume that modern thought followed a decisive break with Christianity, Joshua Mitchell reveals that the line between the age of faith and that of reason is not quite so clear. Instead, he shows that the ideas of Luther, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau draw on history, rather than reason alone, for a sense of political authority. This erudite and ambitious work crosses disciplinary boundaries to expose unsuspected connections between political theory, religion, and history. In doing so, it offers a view of modern political thought undistorted by conventional distinctions between the ancient and the modern, and between the religious and the political.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and index.

1. Luther: The Dialectic of Supersession and the Politics of Righteousness -- 2. Hobbes: The Dialectic of Renewal and the Politics of Pride -- 3. Locke: The Dialectic of Clarification and the Politics of Reason -- 4. Rousseau: The History of Diremption and the Politics of Errancy.

Masterfully interweaving political, religious, and historical themes, Not by Reason Alone creates a new interpretation of early modern political thought. Where most accounts assume that modern thought followed a decisive break with Christianity, Joshua Mitchell reveals that the line between the age of faith and that of reason is not quite so clear. Instead, he shows that the ideas of Luther, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau draw on history, rather than reason alone, for a sense of political authority. This erudite and ambitious work crosses disciplinary boundaries to expose unsuspected connections between political theory, religion, and history. In doing so, it offers a view of modern political thought undistorted by conventional distinctions between the ancient and the modern, and between the religious and the political.

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