{"product_id":"defining-the-common-good-peter-n-miller-9780521442596","title":"Defining the Common Good: Empire, Religion and Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain","description":"This book discusses the crisis of the early modern state in eighteenth-century Britain and sets it in its European context. The American Revolution and the simultaneous demand for wider religious toleration at home challenged the principles of sovereignty and obligation that underpinned arguments about the character of the state. At stake was a fundamental challenge to the way in which politics was described. The Americans and their British supporters argued that individuals, by voting and thinking freely, ought to determine the \"common good.\" These influential ideas continue to resonate today in the principles of \"one man, one vote\" and \"freedom of thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter N. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521442591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521442596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d","brand":"Peter N. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47422160142591,"sku":"9780521442596","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b72330a-2499-47d1-bf8e-d2cc44f9e874.jpg?v=1761527477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defining-the-common-good-peter-n-miller-9780521442596","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}