Author

Contributions

  • Springborg, Patricia. - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

72,250 words, Guess

Page Count

289 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100521418003
  • ISBN-100521428459
  • ISBN-139780521418003
  • ISBN-139780521428453
  • Goodreads3079903', '4031658
and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC305.42
  • LCCJA84.G7 A88 1996

Description

"The writings of the High Church Tory pamphleteer Mary Astell (1666-1731) are a remarkable and underestimated contribution to the constitutional debates which ushered in the modern liberal democratic state. An interlocutor with Swift and Defoe, Astell was perhaps the first systematic critic of Locke's writings, something which has been overlooked in the considerable literature evaluating the reception of Locke's Two Treatises on Government. Astell's political pamphlets Reflections upon Marriage, A Fair Way with Dissenters, and An Impartial Enquiry into the Origins of Rebellion ran to five editions in her lifetime, but have never been reprinted in their entirety. This new edition makes accessible the major works of a fine English stylist and important political theorist."--Back cover.

Subjects

Topics

SourcesHistoryPolitical scienceEarly works to 1800Astell, Mary, 1668-1731Political science -- Early works to 1800Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Sources

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Series Statement

  • Cambridge texts in the history of political thought

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