Early modern concepts for a late modern world : Althusius on community and federalism /
Johannes Althusius (1557-1638) was a political theorist and a combative city politician who defended the rights of small communities against territorial absolutism. He designed a system of politics in which sovereignty would be shared and jointly exercised by a plurality of collectivities, spatial a...
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©1999.
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Sadržaj:
- Introduction: Reconstruction, Relevance, and Context
- The Contextual World of Althusius' Thought
- Four Hundred Years of Althusius Controversy and the Need for a New Interpretation
- The Historical Context: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Dutch Revolt against Spain, and the Rise of the Absolutist State
- Theoretical Consequences: Absolutism and Territorial Centralization
- Recourse to Alternative Traditions: Political Calvinism, Aristotle, and Germanic Communitarianism
- The Method: Politica Methodice Digesta Exemplis Sacris and Profanis Illustrata
- The Althusian System of Politics
- Consociation: The Principle of Political Community in a Civil Society
- Societal Federalism: A Compound Polity of Particular and Universal Citizenship
- Representation: Problems of Participation and Legitimacy in the Political Process
- Subsidiarity and the Division of Powers: The Balance between Autonomy and Solidarity
- Sovereignty: Organized Unity of Action and a Right to Civil Disobedience
- The Relevance of Althusius Today
- Conclusion: Lineage and Affinities.