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From Divine Cosmos to Sovereign State
Stephen L. Collins
其他書名
An Intellectual History of Consciousness and the Idea of Order in Renaissance England
出版Oxford University Press, 1989
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714)Philosophy / Mind & BodyPhilosophy / History & Surveys / ModernScience / Life Sciences / Botany
ISBN019505458X9780195054583
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=11hnAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In the late English Renaissance, writers as varied as Shakespeare, Hooker, Bacon, and Hobbes problematically engaged the traditional idea of order and helped define a new, secular one. In this intellectual history, Collins treats the idea of order as a dynamic concept which incorporates changing views of self, society, and the relationship between private and public during these years. He sees this as a process of meaning redefinition that simultaneously heightens and comes to terms with the dissolution of the old idea of order; the self-consciously articulated concept of the representative sovereign state replaces the vision of the divine cosmos as the medium for identity and social order. Collins draws on a wide range of political, literary, and other contemporary writings to chart this process--now associated with secularization --providing a provocative analysis of social and intellectual change.