{"product_id":"filmer-patriarcha-and-other-writings-paperback-9780521399036","title":"Filmer: 'Patriarcha' and Other Writings (Paperback) 9780521399036","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFilmer: 'Patriarcha' and Other Writings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume contains the political writings of Sir Robert Filmer (1588–1653), perhaps the most important patriarchal political theorist of the seventeenth century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Filmer (Author), Johann P. Sommerville (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521399036, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 February 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 2 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn seventeenth-century England, patriarchalist thinking shaped English ideas not only about the family but also about society and the state. Many thinkers argued that the state should be seen as a family, and that the king held the powers of a father over his subjects. The classic texts of patriarchal political thinking were written by Sir Robert Filmer (1588–1653), one of the most acute defenders of absolute monarchy. In addition to presenting his own patriarchalist theory, Filmer's works contain incisive attacks on democratic thinking and on the notion that political obligation stems from a contract between ruler and ruled. His political works are here edited from the original manuscript and printed sources, with an introduction which locates Filmer's ideas in their historical and ideological contexts. These texts - to which John Locke replied in his influential Two Treatises of Government - provide highly important documents for the understanding of political and social ideas at a decisive stage in the development of English attitudes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Principal events in Filmer's life\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e The authorship and dating of some works attributed to Filmer\u003cbr\u003e A note on the text\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations and sources\u003cbr\u003e 1. Patriarcha\u003cbr\u003e 2. The free-holders grand inquest\u003cbr\u003e 3. The anarchy of a limited or mixed monarchy\u003cbr\u003e 4. The necessity of the absolute power of all kings\u003cbr\u003e 5. Observations concerning the originall of government, upon Mr Hobs 'Leviathan', Mr Milton against Salmasius, H. Grotius 'De Jure Belli'\u003cbr\u003e 6. Observations upon Aristotles politiques touching forms of government, together with directions for obedience to governours in dangerous and doubtfull times\u003cbr\u003e Select biographical notes\u003cbr\u003e Textual notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002308120856,"sku":"9780521399036","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521399036i_5b9ba4f4-0b32-4c58-9d30-583fa9aa9f78.jpg?v=1691381101","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/filmer-patriarcha-and-other-writings-paperback-9780521399036","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}