Freedom and the Construction of Europe, Vol. 2: Free Persons and Free States

422 Pages·2013·2.228 MB·English

by  Quentin Skinner (editor), Martin van Gelderen (editor)

Freedom and the Construction of Europe
volume ii
FreePersonsandFreeStates
Freedom,todayperceivedsimplyasahumanright,wasacontinuallycontested
ideaintheearlymodernperiod.InFreedomandtheConstructionofEuropean
internationalgroupofscholarsexplorestherichness,diversityandcomplexity
ofthinkingaboutfreedomintheshapingofmodernity.Volumeiexamines
debatesaboutreligiousandconstitutionalliberties,aswellasdiscussing
tensionsbetweenfreewillanddivineomnipotenceacrossacontinentof
proliferatingreligiousdenominations.Volumeiiconsidersfreepersonsand
freestates,examiningdifferingviewsaboutfreedomofthoughtandactionand
theirrelationstoconceptionsofcitizenship.Debatesaboutfreedomhavebeen
fundamentaltotheconstructionofmodernEurope,butrepresentapartof
ourintellectualheritagethatisrarelyexaminedindepth.Thesevolumes
providematerialsforthinkinginfreshwaysnotmerelyabouttheconceptof
freedom,butabouthowithascometobeunderstoodinourowntime.
QuentinSkinnerisBarberBeaumontProfessoroftheHumanitiesatQueen
Mary,UniversityofLondon.HispublicationsincludeTheFoundationsof
ModernPoliticalThought(2vols.,1978),ReasonandRhetoricinthePhilosophyof
Hobbes(1996),LibertybeforeLiberalism(1998),VisionsofPolitics(3vols.,2002)
andHobbesandRepublicanLiberty(2008).
MartinvanGelderenwasProfessorofEuropeanIntellectualHistoryat
theEuropeanUniversityInstitutefrom2003until2012andhasjustbecome
directoroftheLichtenbergKolleg,theGo¨ttingenInstituteforAdvanced
StudiesintheHumanitiesandSocialSciences.Heiscurrentlycompletinga
monographRembrandt,GrotiusandManasseh:VisualityandReligiousToleration.
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Freedom and the
Construction of Europe
volume ii
FreePersonsandFreeStates
Editedby Quentin Skinner
and Martin van Gelderen
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Contents of Volumei
Acknowledgements pageix
Notesoncontributors xii
Introduction 1
MartinvanGelderen
Parti Religiousfreedomandcivilliberty
1 FreedomandapocalypticthinkinginearlymodernLutheranism 11
ThomasKaufmann
2 Arminiantrouble:Calvinistdebatesonfreedom 21
MartinvanGelderen
3 Libertasecclesiaeinpost-tridentinedebatesonchurchandstate 38
JaskaKainulainen
4 Ecclesiasticalindependenceandthefreedomofconsent 57
PollyHa
5 Freedom,virtueandSocinianheterodoxy 77
SarahMortimer
6 FromSeldentoMendelssohn:Hebraismandreligiousfreedom 94
EricNelson
7 Naturalreligion:PufendorfandLockeontheedgeoffreedomand
reason 115
HannahDawson
8 Freedomofconscience,politicallibertyandthefoundations
ofliberalism 134
TimothyStanton
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Partii Libertyandlibertiesinconstitutionalthought
9 ThelibertyofItaliancity-states 157
SerenaFerente
10 FreeandunfreestatesinMachiavelli’spoliticalphilosophy 176
PeterStacey
11 DiscoursesonlibertyinearlymodernRagusa 195
LovroKuncˇevic´
12 LibertyandlibertiesinearlymodernPoland-Lithuania 215
TomaszGromelski
13 LibertyandlibertiesinEurope’sfederalrepublics 235
ThomasMaissen
14 Romanlaw,GermanlibertiesandtheconstitutionoftheHoly
RomanEmpire 256
DanielLee
15 ThelanguageoflibertyinearlymodernHungarianpoliticaldebate 274
Ma´rtonZa´szkaliczky
16 ThelanguageoflibertyinCalvinistpoliticalthought 296
JohnCoffey
Bibliography 317
Indexofnames 390
Indexofsubjects 400
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Contents of Volumeii
Acknowledgements pageix
Notesoncontributors xii
Introduction 1
QuentinSkinner
Parti Freepersonsandfreedomofaction
1 HumanfreedomandJesuitmoraltheology 9
AnnabelBrett
2 Freedomandself-possession:thecaseofMontaigne’sEssais 27
FelicityGreen
3 Autonomyandinnerfreedom:LipsiusandtherevivalofStoicism 46
FreyaSierhuis
4 Freedomofthewillasabasisofequality:Descartes,Princess
ElisabethandPoullaindelaBarre 65
MartinaReuter
5 Languageasameansandanobstacletofreedom:thecaseofMoses
Mendelssohn 84
AviLifschitz
Partii Freecitizensandthestate
6 LibertyandcitizenshipinearlymodernEnglishpoliticaldiscourse 105
IainHampsher-Monk
7 FreeelectionsandfreedomofspeechinEnglishrepublicanthought 128
AnttiTahvanainen
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8 JohnMilton’sfreecitizensandthepoliticsofthefamily 146
RosannaCox
9 Vattel’sRousseau:iusgentiumandthenaturallibertyofstates 167
TheodoreChristov
10 Thestateoffreedom:Kantandhisconservativecritics 188
ReidarMaliks
11 FreedomandstateactioninGermanlateEnlightenmentthought 208
AlexanderSchmidt
12 Thepoliticalconditionsoffreeagency:thecaseofMary
Wollstonecraft 227
LenaHalldenius
Partiii FreedomandthelimitsofEurope
13 TheideaoffreedominmissionarywritingsabouttheNewWorld 247
CatherineBalle´riaux
14 FromEuropeantocosmopolitanfreedom 266
FonnaForman
15 IspoliticalfreedomanIslamicvalue? 283
MichaelCook
Bibliography 311
Indexofnames 384
Indexofsubjects 394
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Acknowledgements
While we were editing our earlier volumes on Republicanism: A Shared
EuropeanHeritage(vanGelderenandSkinner2002)wecametoseethatthere
wasaneedforaworkofcomparablescopedevotedtothetheoryandpractice
ofreligiousandpoliticallibertyinearlymodernEurope.Withthisideain
mind,weheldameetingin2004withAnnabelBrett,RichardFisherandIain
Hampsher-Monkatwhichweagreedonthetopicsthatsuchastudywould
needtoencompassanddrewupapreliminarytableofcontents.Following
the model of our earlier volumes on Republicanism, we also agreed that
the best way to bring together the latest research on the subject would
be to hold a series of conferences out of which a book might eventually
emerge.
Werecognisedthatsuchaprojectwouldrequirelarge-scalefunding,but
thisproblemwassolvedwhenQuentinSkinnerwasawardedaBalzanPrize
in 2006. After some discussion, the Balzan Foundation generously agreed
tothefollowingscheme:thatweshouldassembleaninternationalgroupof
youngerscholars,preferablyatthepost-doctoralstageoftheircareers;that
theyshouldbeinvitedtoattendaseriesofconferencesatwhichtheirwork
wouldbepresentedanddiscussed;andthattheirconferencepapersshould
subsequently be revised and extended with a view to turning them into a
book.
Theprojectwasadvertisedinthesummerof2007.Aftersiftingalarge
numberofapplicationsweappointedtwenty-eightmembersofacoregroup,
all of whom delivered papers at a series of four conferences held at the
EuropeanUniversityInstitutebetweenJuly2008andSeptember2009.We
also invited a number of senior scholars to speak at one or other of these
meetings,andweareespeciallygratefultothosewhonotonlyjoinedusbut
agreedtoturntheirpapersintopublishabletexts.
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