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        Six The Method: Politico, Methodice Digesta Exemplis Sacris & Profanis Illustrata
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        Thomas O. Hueglin
        
 
                                    
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                                            Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
 - Table Of Contents v
 - Foreword vii
 - Introduction: Reconstruction, Relevance, and Context 1
 - 
                            The Contextual World of Althusius' Thought
 - Four Hundred Years of Althusius Controversy and the Need for a New Interpretation 15
 - The Historical Context: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Dutch Revolt against Spain, and the Rise of the Absolutist State 29
 - Theoretical Consequences: Absolutism and Territorial Centralization 42
 - Recourse to Alternative Traditions: Political Calvinism, Aristotle, and Germanic Communitarianism 56
 - The Method: Politico, Methodice Digesta Exemplis Sacris & Profanis Illustrata 71
 - 
                            The Althusian System of Politics
 - Consociation: The Principle of Political Community in a Civil Society 85
 - Societal Federalism: A Compound Polity of Particular and Universal Citizenship 109
 - Representation: Problems of Participation and Legitimacy in the Political Process 136
 - Subsidiarity and the Division of Powers: The Balance between Autonomy and Solidarity 152
 - Sovereignty: Organized Unity of Action and a Right to Civil Disobedience 169
 - 
                            The Relevance of Althusius Today
 - Conclusion: Lineage and Affinities 197
 - 
                            Appendices
 - Chronology 233
 - Schema 236
 - Bibliography 239
 - Index 253
 
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
 - Table Of Contents v
 - Foreword vii
 - Introduction: Reconstruction, Relevance, and Context 1
 - 
                            The Contextual World of Althusius' Thought
 - Four Hundred Years of Althusius Controversy and the Need for a New Interpretation 15
 - The Historical Context: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Dutch Revolt against Spain, and the Rise of the Absolutist State 29
 - Theoretical Consequences: Absolutism and Territorial Centralization 42
 - Recourse to Alternative Traditions: Political Calvinism, Aristotle, and Germanic Communitarianism 56
 - The Method: Politico, Methodice Digesta Exemplis Sacris & Profanis Illustrata 71
 - 
                            The Althusian System of Politics
 - Consociation: The Principle of Political Community in a Civil Society 85
 - Societal Federalism: A Compound Polity of Particular and Universal Citizenship 109
 - Representation: Problems of Participation and Legitimacy in the Political Process 136
 - Subsidiarity and the Division of Powers: The Balance between Autonomy and Solidarity 152
 - Sovereignty: Organized Unity of Action and a Right to Civil Disobedience 169
 - 
                            The Relevance of Althusius Today
 - Conclusion: Lineage and Affinities 197
 - 
                            Appendices
 - Chronology 233
 - Schema 236
 - Bibliography 239
 - Index 253