The Languages of Political Theory in Early-Modern Europe

This Volume Studies The Concept Of A Political ''Language'' Of A Discourse Composed Of Shared Vocabularies Idioms And Rhetorical Strategies Which Has Been Widely Influential On Recent Work In The History Of Political Thought. The Collection Brings Together A Number Of Essays By A Distinguished Group Of International Scholars On The Four Dominant Languages In Use In Europe Between The End Of The Fourteenth And The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century. They Are: The Language Of Political Aristotelianism And The Natural Law; The Language Of Classical Republicanism; The Language Of Commerce And The Commercial Society; And The Language Of A Science Of Politics. Each Author Has Chosen A Single Aspect Of His Or Her Language Sometimes The Work Of A Single Author In One Case The History Of A Single Team And Shown How It Determined The Shape And Development Of That Language And The Extent To Which Each Language Was A Response To The Challenge Of Other Modes Of Discourse.