Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'a System of Politics' (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521423298)

James Harrington's brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This volume comprises the first and last of Harrington's writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a longterm process of social change that led to the decay of the old political order. Professor Pocock's lucid introduction emphasizes Harrington's place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of principal events in Harrington's life and a guide to further reading.

Author: James Harrington
ISBN-10: 0521423295
ISBN-13: 9780521423298
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/20/1992
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d