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Beyond the legacy of absolutism : re-examining Jean Bodin’s idea of anti-tyranny violence
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dc.contributor.author | Liu, Jiangmei | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-14T09:30:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-14T09:30:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-06-13 | |
dc.identifier | 302843430 | |
dc.identifier | 7e3c76b5-f080-4bb5-a2ba-45b05af01474 | |
dc.identifier | 85195834559 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Liu , J 2024 , ' Beyond the legacy of absolutism : re-examining Jean Bodin’s idea of anti-tyranny violence ' , The European Legacy , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2024.2363561 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1084-8770 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0009-0000-5544-1266/work/161700349 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/30019 | |
dc.description.abstract | The longstanding debate over Jean Bodin’s (1530–1596) Six Books of a Commonweale—whether it championed an ideology of absolutism or pioneered a normative doctrine of the modern sovereign state—has profoundly influenced our understanding of Bodin’s intellectual legacy. This article challenges the influential absolutist reading by re-examining Bodin’s ideas of violence against tyrants. Proponents of the absolutist interpretation often view Bodin’s rejection of resistance against the tyrant as compelling evidence of his defense of absolutism, suggesting that this stance negates the constitutional constraints imposed by fundamental and natural laws on the sovereign. However, this article contends that such a reading is overly simplistic. A closer analysis of Bodin’s nuanced perspective reveals that he does not remove the constitutional limitations established by both fundamental and natural laws. Instead, Bodin posits that sovereigns who violate these higher laws could face either domestic resistance or a just war of punishment. Thus, labeling Bodin merely as an absolutist ideologue is inappropriate, as it risks overshadowing the profound intellectual legacy he offers as a serious political thinker, jurist, and the father of modern state theory. | |
dc.format.extent | 20 | |
dc.format.extent | 683053 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | The European Legacy | en |
dc.subject | Jean Bodin | en |
dc.subject | Natural law | en |
dc.subject | Fundamental law | en |
dc.subject | Violence | en |
dc.subject | Tyrants | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions | en |
dc.subject | NIS | en |
dc.title | Beyond the legacy of absolutism : re-examining Jean Bodin’s idea of anti-tyranny violence | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of International Relations | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. University of St Andrews | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10848770.2024.2363561 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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