A01=Robert Filmer
anti-liberalism
Author_Robert Filmer
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conservative political philosophy
divine right theory
English political thought
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fatherly
Fatherly Power
Follow
Freeholder
Garrisons
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Grotius
Held
Henry III
Honour Thy Father
jus
Jus Naturae
Jus Naturale
King Edward III
King Henry III
King's Council
King’s Council
Leviathan
Magna Charta
Mankind
naturae
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Negative Voice
patriarchal authority in early modern Europe
Peter Laslett
political theology
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Popular Estates
Popular Government
power
Private Dominion
seventeenth-century monarchy
Sovereign Majesty
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Supreme Power
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- ISBN 9781412810258
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Robert Filmer's prime assumption is that the Bible contains the entire truth about the nature of the world and the nature of society. Along with details of recorded history from the beginning to the death of the Apostles, the Bible also includes the laws that would govern history from that time to the end of the world. This central assumption was shared by nearly every member of Tory Christendom in England in the seventeenth century. In the same way, Filmer holds that it is impossible for a people to escape political anarchy once it is assumed that all individuals are independent and equal. It is also impossible for people to escape from collectivism, if it is granted that everyone has a moral right to an equal share of the gifts of nature. In explaining why Filmer remains both important and influential, Laslett argues that his reputation owes a great deal to the fortuitous circumstances of the time at which his works were resuscitated. His work passed almost unnoticed when it was first issued. Only the position of the Tory party gave his views prominence. The value of Patriarcha as a historical document consists primarily in its revelation of the strength and persistence in European culture of the patriarchal attitude to political problems. The opening essay by Laslett offers a brilliant analysis of late seventeenth-century English politics and philosophy. Long unavailable, this is a masterpiece of religious conservatism that still registers in debates at present.
Robert Filmer (1588-1653) was an English political theorist who strongly supported the king's right to rule. He believed that a king alone is the maker of laws through divine right. Some of his more famous works include The Power of Kings, King of England, and Freeholders Grand Inquest touching our Sovereign Lord the King and His Parliament. Peter Laslett (1915-2001) was Reader in Politics and the History of Social Structure at Cambridge University. He was known for his work in the history of political thought and helped establish both the Open Univeristy and the University of the Third Age. Some of his works include A Fresh Map of Life, Family Forms in Historic Europe, and Bastardy and its Comparative History.
