Political Hebraism and the Discourse of Modern Republicanism

This article reappraises the political ideas of William Manning, and through him the trajectory of early modern republicanism. Manning, an early American farmer writing in the 1780s and 1790s, developed the republican distinction between “the idle Few” and “the laboring Many” into a novel “political theory of the dependent classes.” On this theory, it is the dependent, laboring classes who share an interest in social equality. Because of this interest, they are the only ones who can achieve and maintain republican liberty. With this identification of the interests of the dependent classes with the common good, Manning inverted inherited republican ideas, and transformed the language of liberty and virtue into one of the first potent, republican critiques of exploitation. As such, he stands as a key figure for understanding the shift in early modern republicanism from a concern with constitutionalism and the rule of law to the social question.

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Authority in Absence? Shi‘i Politics of Salvation from the Classical Period to Modern Republicanism

Studies in Christian Ethics ◽

10.1177/0953946815623138 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 204-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sajjad Rizvi

Keyword(s):

Classical Period ◽

Modern Republicanism

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Marsilius of Padua and Isaac Abravanel on Kingship: The Medieval Precedents of Republicanism Revisited

Medieval Encounters ◽

10.1163/15700674-12340071 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 203-225

Author(s):

Vasileios Syros

Keyword(s):

Comparative Investigation ◽

The Political ◽

Late Medieval ◽

Medieval Italy ◽

The Bible ◽

Marsilius Of Padua ◽

Political Traditions ◽

Political Realities ◽

Modern Republicanism

Abstract This article offers a comparative investigation of Marsilius of Padua’s and Isaac Abravanel’s ideas on kingship. It looks at how these thinkers transform the “canonical” sources of their respective traditions of political theorizing, i.e., Aristotle’s Politics and the Bible, to articulate the notion that ultimate authority rests with the citizens/people. It also examines how these two writers’ positions on kingship relate to the political realities that prevailed in late medieval Italy. Finally, it illuminates the medieval precedents of modern republicanism in the Christian and Jewish political traditions.

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