Ideas in Context Ser.: Power of Necessity : Reason of State in the Spanish Monarchy, C. 1590-1650 by Lisa Kattenberg (2023, Hardcover)

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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101316513149
ISBN-139781316513149
eBay Product ID (ePID)21057260416

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Number of PagesXiii, 282 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePower of Necessity : Reason of State in the Spanish Monarchy, C. 1590-1650
Publication Year2023
SubjectHistory & Theory, World / European
TypeTextbook
AuthorLisa Kattenberg
Subject AreaPolitical Science
SeriesIdeas in Context Ser.
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2022-049053
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23/eng/20221212
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 144
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal946/.04
Table Of Content1. Introduction: politics between principle and pragmatism; 2. Necessity and counter-reformation reason of state; 3. 'The inexhaustible ocean of politics': Tacitus and the political counsel of history; 4. Virgilio Malvezzi and the mosaics of morality and necessity; 5. Experience, conscience and necessity: Spanish debates about peace or truce in the Netherlands; Conclusion.
SynopsisExploring reason of state in a global monarchy, The Power of Necessity examines how thinkers and agents in the Spanish monarchy navigated the tension between political pragmatism and moral-religious principle, bridging the persistent gap between theory and practice in political thought., Exploring reason of state in a global monarchy, The Power of Necessity examines how thinkers and agents in the Spanish monarchy navigated the tension between political pragmatism and moral-religious principle. This tension lies at the very heart of Counter-Reformation reason of state. Nowhere was the need for pragmatic state management greater than in the overstretched Spanish Empire of the seventeenth century. However, pragmatic politics were problematic for a Catholic monarchy steeped in ideals of justice and divine justifications of power and kingship. Presenting a broad cast of characters from across Europe, and uniting published sources with a wide range of archival material, Lisa Kattenberg shows how non-canonical thinkers and agents confronted the political-moral dilemmas of their age by creatively employing the legitimizing power of necessity. Pioneering new ways of bridging the persistent gap between theory and practice in the history of political thought, The Power of Necessity casts fresh light on the struggle to preserve the monarchy in a modernizing world.

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