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1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) |
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Columbia studies in political thought/political history |
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Columbia studies in political thought/political history.
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Foreword; Preface; States of War; Introduction; The Autonomous State andthe Origin of the Political; States of Reasoning; Locke's Natural History of the Political; Systems of Sovereignty in Montesquieu; Rousseau's Cybernetic Political Body; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
We fear that the growing threat of violent attack, whether from terrorism or other sources, has upset the balance between existential concepts of political power, which emphasize security, and traditional notions of constitutional limits meant to protect civil liberties. We worry that constitutional states cannot, during a time of war, terror, and extreme crisis, maintain legality and preserve civil rights and freedoms. David W. Bates allays these concerns by revisiting the theoretical origins of the modern constitutional state, which, he argues, recognized and made room for tensions amon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
State, The -- History -- 18th century
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Sovereignty -- History -- 18th century
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Natural law -- History -- 18th century
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War (International law) -- History -- 18th century
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Enlightenment.
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Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Enlightenment
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Natural law
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Sovereignty
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State, The
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War (International law)
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Politische Philosophie
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Naturrecht
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Souveränität
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Aufklärung
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0231528663 |
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9780231528665 |
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