The commonwealth of Oceana ; and, A system of politics / James Harrington ; edited by J.G.A. Pocock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrington, James, 1611-1677, author.

Contributor:

Pocock, J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924- editor.

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.

Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

Standardized Title:

Commonwealth of Oceana

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias--Early works to 1800.

Utopias.

Political science--Early works to 1800.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' & 'A System of Politics'

Commonwealth of Oceana.

System of politics.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This 1992 volume comprises the first and last of Harrington's writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a long-term process of social change which led to the decay of the old political order. The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656) is a fictionalised presentation of English history up to the victory of the New Model Army, explaining the fall of the monarchy and proposing a republic to replace it. A System of Politics, written after the Restoration, is a scheme of history and political philosophy erected on the foundations of his previous works. Professor Pocock's introduction emphasises Harrington's place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of events in Harrington's life and a guide to further reading.

Contents:

Cover; CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Harrington's life and writings; Oceana and English republicanism; Oceana and English history; Political philosophy and A System of Politics; Principal events in Harrington's life; Further reading; THE Commonwealth OF Oceana; Epistle to the Reader; The Introduction or Order of the Work; The Preliminaries, showing the Principles of Government1; The Second Part of the Preliminaries; The Council of Legislators; The Model of the Commonwealth of Oceana; The Corollary

A System of Politics Delineated in short and easy APHORISMS Published from the Author's own Manuscript; Chap. I Of government; Chap. II Of the matter of government; Chap. III Of the privation of government; Chap. IV Of the form of government; Chap. V Of form in the civil parts; Chap. VI Of form in the religious part; Chap. VII Of form in the military part; Chap. VIII Of form in the legal part; Chap. IX Of form in the judicial part; Chap. X Of administration of government, or reason of state; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Harrington, James, 1611-1677. System of politics.

ISBN:

1-107-18889-X

1-139-14126-0

1-139-14458-8

1-139-14037-X

1-139-13724-7

1-139-13712-3

OCLC:

784883490