Defining the Common Good: Empire, Religion and Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain

by Peter N. Miller

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052161712X
• ISBN13: 9780521617123
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"