The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought

Goldie, Mark; Wokler, Robert

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“…Автор твору відомий як політичний мислитель, депутат британського парламенту, один із тих, хто розробляв політичну доктрину партії наприкінці XVII -на початку XVIII ст. Власне, «Бібліотека…» -це громіздкий компендіум конституційної теорії вігів 30 . Саме в будинку свого доброго друга Тирела філософ Джон Лок, автор теорії суспільного договору, писав твір «Два трактати про правління», що став одним із основоположних текстів політичного лібералізму.…”

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History of Reading and Enlightenment Ideas in the Basilian Monasteries of the L’viv Eparchy in the Second Half of the 18th Century

Almes¹

2022

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The article explores the spreading of Enlightenment ideas within the Basilian monasteries of the L'viv eparchy in the second half of the 18th century. Based on inventory descriptions from the L'viv archives, the repertoire of Enlightenment books was revealed, which usually circulated in the largest monastic libraries of the L'viv eparchy. Research is undertaken within the religious history context, especially within the Catholic Enlightenment in Europe, that rationalized and deepened reforms of Trident. To protect the fundamental Christian dogmas, Catholicism reinterpreted them in a "new" language, more understandable for its time. Without any doubt, studying the library collections is appropriate for the mentioned research because books are the sources of particular ideas and beliefs. Research has found that Enlightenment books were rare in the Basilian monastery libraries of the L'viv eparchy until the 1770s. The article examines only the two largest monastery libraries of the Basilians in the L'viv eparchy -in Pidhirtsi and L'viv St. Onuphry. A collection of French books (the language of Enlightenment and international communication) was found in the Pidhirtsi monastery in the late 1760s -early 1770s. For example, samples of "Les Aventures de Télémaque" (1699) written by archbishop François Fénelon or "L'École du monde, ou Instruction d'un père à un fils" by French playwright and "journalist" Eustache le Noble. L'viv St. Onuphry monastery library in 1778 had a few Enlightenment books as well. Since Basilians studied philosophy, there was a great collection of philosophical books. For instance, there were samples of treatises written by such well-known philosophers as Christian Wolff, Friedrich Christian Baumeister, Ignatz von Metzburg. To sum up, it can be argued that Enlightenment books were not popular in the mentioned monastery libraries. During the research, no texts of Voltaire, Diderot, or Montesquieu were found. However, the obtained results reaffirmed that it is necessary to explore the issue of the Enlightenment ideas in the Basilian monasteries of early modern Ukraine in more depth.

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History of Reading and Enlightenment Ideas in the Basilian Monasteries of the L’viv Eparchy in the Second Half of the 18th Century

Almes¹

2022

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“…It is an individual's rational self-interest to voluntarily give up his natural freedom in order to obtain the benefit of political and economic order that is the hallmark of social contract theory. 8 Contractarians typically posit that individuals have consented, either explicitly or implicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the state in exchange for protection of their remaining rights. But when do citizens have a right to rebel, to withdraw from the contract?…”

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Rights to Oil Theft and Illegal Refinery in Nigeria

Okwelum¹

2021

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The reactions of the ethnic communities which have morphed into violent militant groups and ganglands in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria to State and industry control of land and mineral resources require a very close study. A comparative analysis of the current situation in Nigeria with what is obtained in the early days of the European civilization when the challenges of governance and economic crimes were emerging from the womb of the industrial revolution is equally of importance. If sovereignty resides ultimately with the people and the State governs with the consent of the citizens and the ultimate responsibility of the State and business is the welfare of the citizens, a fundamental breach of the social contract leaves the people with the right not only to abolish the State but to sabotage business in social banditry. This paper tries to apply the general principles of the theories of social banditry and social contract to the phenomenon of oil theft and illegal refineries in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It employs the comparative, historical and analytical methodology in presentation while relying on secondary materials and doctrinal research method. It argues that the crimes of oil theft and illegal refineries have arisen from the lack of the development of the Niger Delta by both the State and the multinational oil companies and that they are an expression of the rights to resource control by indigenous communities after 50 years of State and industry control of same have failed to yield development on the ticket of the United Nation’s Resolution 1803 of 1962 guaranteeing national sovereignty over natural resources. It finds that they fall within Hobsbawm’s social banditry thesis and that the basic conditions for the abolition of the State under the social contract thesis have been largely met by the economic and socio-legal contexts prevailing in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

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“…Yet, having experienced the terror of the revolution, les ideologues distanced themselves from the revolutionaries’ concern with political rule and manipulation and focused on explaining the deep structural forces shaping society. Although they were broadly liberals, their work could be appropriated by conservatives and socialists alike (Wokler, 2006).…”

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Liberal internationalism: from ideology to empirical theory – and back again

Jahn

2009

Int. Theory

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This article shows that Andrew Moravcsik’s ‘nonideological’ formulation of a liberal theory of international relations is itself deeply ideological – both in terms of his own criteria and in terms of a broader conception of ideology. The source of this outcome lies in Moravcsik’s mistaken conception of ideology. While ideological knowledge is indeed particular rather than general, it shares this feature with all political knowledge. In the political sphere, it is therefore not general knowledge that transcends the limits of ideology but rather an explicit engagement with these limits. A nonideological study of liberalism would thus require an historical account of the origins and development of liberalism in the context of its struggle with internal and external competitors. While such a study would not constitute a liberal theory of international relations in general, it would provide a general theory of liberal international relations – and would thus be highly relevant in the context of a liberal world order.

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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought

Cited by 102 publications

References 677 publications

History of Reading and Enlightenment Ideas in the Basilian Monasteries of the L’viv Eparchy in the Second Half of the 18th Century

History of Reading and Enlightenment Ideas in the Basilian Monasteries of the L’viv Eparchy in the Second Half of the 18th Century

Rights to Oil Theft and Illegal Refinery in Nigeria

Liberal internationalism: from ideology to empirical theory – and back again

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