Jesuit Political Thought: The Society of Jesus and the State, C.1540 1630 Contributor(s): Hopfl, Harro (Author), H. Pfl, Harro (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521066751 ISBN-13: 9780521066754 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: Pioneering study of Jesuit thinking exploring the society's position on key questions of political thought. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Philosophy | Political |
Dewey: 320.01 |
Series: Ideas in Context |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6" W x 9" (1.38 lbs) 428 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: How did the Society of Jesus develop and maintain a distinctive position on key questions of political thought such as ruler authority, the character and scope of positive law, the limits of obedience and the right to resist? Harro Hopfl presents a full-length study of the secular world--analyzed in its proper historical context--from a Jesuit perspective. Despite the significance of the Society of Jesus in Counter-Reformation Europe and beyond, important issues relating to the society's collective history remain misunderstood. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hopfl, Harro: - Harro Hopfl is one of the leading historians of ideas writing in Britain today. |