《西方政治思想的社会史》内容简介
现代国家的形成、资本主义的兴起、文艺复兴的改革、科技发展和启蒙运动都被划归为“现代早期”。人们对于这一时期的几乎所有历史事件都存有争议,但有一件事是肯定的:它在西方历史中留下了无与伦比的丰厚政治遗产。自由、平等、财产、人权、革命等概念皆生成于这一时期,在动荡的岁月中不断影响和形塑今天的政治话语。
在《西方政治思想的社会史:自由与财产》中,路德、加尔文、斯宾诺莎、霍布斯、洛克和卢梭的思想不仅仅是抽象的哲学命题,更是对所处时代和环境的回应,在西方历史中留下了无与伦比的丰厚政治遗产。作者以比剑桥学派更加宽泛的语境主义研究路径,梳理了文艺复兴到启蒙运动间西方政治思想的发展脉络。
作者简介
艾伦•梅克辛斯•伍德(1942—2016)
EllenMeiksinsWood
马克思主义历史学家、政治学家。1962年毕业于加州大学伯克利分校,获得斯拉夫语学士学位,后进入加州大学洛杉矶分校政治系并于1972年获得博士学位。967年至1996年于约克大学执教政治学,因其卓著的学术贡献被选入加拿大皇家学院。著有《资本主义的起源》、《反对资本主义的民主》、《新社会主义》、《西方政治思想的社会史》等。
A brief introduction to the Social History of Western Political Thought
The formation of the modern state, the rise of capitalism, the reformation of the Renaissance, the development of science and technology, and the Enlightenment are all grouped into the "early modern period." Almost every historical event of this period is disputed, but one thing is certain: it has left a rich political legacy that is unmatched in Western history. Concepts such as liberty, equality, property, human rights, and revolution were born during this period and continue to influence and shape today's political discourse throughout these turbulent years.
In The Social History of Western Political Thought: Liberty and Property, the ideas of Luther, Calvin, Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau are not merely abstract philosophical propositions, but responses to their times and circumstances, leaving an unmatched and rich political legacy in Western history. The author explores the development of Western political thought from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment with a broader approach of contextualism than the Cambridge School.
About the author
Alan Maxines Wood (1942-2016)
EllenMeiksinsWood
Marxist historian and political scientist. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in Slavic languages, and later entered the political science department of the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his doctorate in 1972. He taught political science at York University from 1967 to 1996 and was elected to the Royal College of Canada for his outstanding academic contributions. He is the author of the Origins of Capitalism, Democracy Against Capitalism, The New Socialism, and the Social History of Western Political Thought.