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Jean Bodin on Oeconomics and Politics

Becker, Anna. (2014) Jean Bodin on Oeconomics and Politics. History of European ideas, 40 (2). pp. 135-154 .

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Abstract

Challenging the common conception of Jean Bodin as an anti-Aristotelian' thinker, this article places Bodin's political thought in the context of oeconomicsthe science, or art of the householdas it had developed in medieval and Renaissance commentaries on Aristotle's practical philosophy. The article argues that he thereby took part in a longstanding discussion in European political thought which saw the household as possessing a political dimension. Bodin's thought on the family is central to both his universal claims pertaining to his notion of the political and his more particular interest in sovereignty and the origins of absolutism. The article explores Bodin's analysis of the household as the starting point of his inquiry into the nature of a commonwealth and the foundation of his conception of the state; it examines the relationship of la police and l'oeconomie in detail, and argues that the conjugal relationship is the determinant for Bodin's conception of absolute rule and of the origins of supreme power.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Geschichte > Ehemalige Einheiten Geschichte > Geschichte der frühen Neuzeit (Opitz-Belakhal)
UniBasel Contributors:Becker, Anna K
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Pergamon Press
ISSN:0191-6599
e-ISSN:1873-541X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:06 Dec 2013 09:36

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