Trust and happiness in the history of European political thought / edited by Laszlo Kontler, Mark Somos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kontler, László, editor.

Somos, Mark, editor.

Series:

Studies in the history of political thought ; Volume 11.

Studies in the History of Political Thought, 1873-6548 ; Volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Europe--Philosophy--History.

Political science.

Political culture--Europe--History.

Political culture.

Trust--Political aspects--Europe--History.

Trust.

Happiness--Political aspects--Europe--History.

Happiness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

The notions of happiness and trust as cements of the social fabric and political legitimacy have a long history in Western political thought. However, despite the great contemporary relevance of both subjects, and burgeoning literatures in the social sciences around them, historians and historians of thought have, with some exceptions, unduly neglected them. In Trust and Happiness in the History of European Political Thought , editors László Kontler and Mark Somos bring together twenty scholars from different generations and academic traditions to redress this lacuna by contextualising historically the discussion of these two notions from ancient Greece to Soviet Russia. Confronting this legacy and deep reservoir of thought will serve as a tool of optimising the terms of current debates. Contributors are: Erica Benner, Hans W. Blom, Niall Bond, Alberto Clerici, Cesare Cuttica, John Dunn, Ralf-Peter Fuchs, Gábor Gángó, Steven Johnstone, László Kontler, Sara Lagi, Adriana Luna-Fabritius, Adrian O’Connor, Eva Odzuck, Kálmán Pócza, Vladimir Ryzhkov, Peter Schröder, Petra Schulte, Mark Somos, Alexey Tikhomirov, Bee Yun, and Hannes Ziegler.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Trust, Happiness, and the History of European Political Thought / László Kontler and Mark Somos*

Trust and Happiness in Theoretical Perspective

Toleration, Trust and the Travails of Living Together Globally / John Dunn

Ptolemy of Lucca’s Distrust in Politics and the Medieval Discourse on Government / Bee Yun

Natural Suspicion and Reasonable Trust: Machiavelli on Trust in Politics / Erica Benner

Hugo Grotius on Trust, Its Causes and Effects / Hans Blom

Fidem observandam esse – Trust and Fear in Hobbes and Locke / Peter Schröder

The Concept of Trust in Hobbes’s Political Philosophy / Eva Odzuck

The Formation of Leibniz’s Mature Ethics and His Specimen Polonorum / Gábor Gángó

The Secularization of Happiness in Early Eighteenth-century Italian Political Thought: Revisiting the Foundations of Civil Society / Adriana Luna-Fabritius

Trust and Happiness in Nikolai Karamzin’s Political Philosophy / Vladimir Ryzhkov

Trust and Happiness in Ferdinand Tönnies’ Community and Society / Niall Bond

Distrust in Government: A Comparative Historical Analysis / Kálmán Pócza

Trust as a Function of Political Negotiation

Trust, Heresy and Rebellion: Reactions to Machiavelli in the Early Dutch Revolt (1572–1587) / Alberto Clerici

Privy Council Deliberations on Trust: The Holy Roman Empire around 1600 / Hannes Ziegler

Trust as a Concept of Religious Plurality during the Thirty Years’ War / Ralf-Peter Fuchs

‘No Trust, no Happiness’! Going beyond Locke in Seventeenth-century England / Cesare Cuttica

Adolf Fischhof and the National Question in the Habsburg Empire: A Problem of ‘Trust’ and ‘Collaboration’ amongst the Nationalities of Austria (1869–1885) / Sara Lagi

Trust and the Culture of Political Behaviour

Pistis and Citizens in Ancient Greece / Steve Johnstone

The Concept of Trust in the Political Thought of Fifteenth-century Burgundy / Petra Schulte

“Through the Bonds of Sentiment”: Fraternité and Politics in Revolutionary France / Adrian O’Connor

Trust and Distrust in a Modern Dictatorship: A Case Study of the Soviet Union / Alexey Tikhomirov.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-35367-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004353671 DOI