Bilkent University
Department of History
HCIV102: History of Civilization
Topic 1
Leviathan: The Age Absolutism and Revolution
In this Topic, we will examine some of the developments in monarchical government during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries with special reference to the political thought of this period. We will read the works of the following English and French writers.
Text I: TEXT: Robert Filmer: Patriarcha
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Kishlansky, Geary & O’Brien (1997), II, ch. 16
Text II: TEXT: J.-B. Bossuet: Politique Tirée des Propres Paroles de l’Ecriture Sainte
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Kishlansky, Geary & O’Brien (1997), II, ch. 16
Text III: TEXT: Thomas Hobbes: The Leviathan
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Kishlansky, Geary & O’Brien (1997), II, ch. 16
Text IV: TEXT: John Locke: Second Treatise of Government (chapters 2 – 10 inclusive)
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Kishlansky, Geary & O’Brien (1997), II, ch. 16
Bibliography (all these are on ‘Reserve’ in the library):
RILEY, Patrick (trans.), Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet: Politics drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1990): Call No.: JC155.B746
TUCK, Richard (ed.), Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1991): Call no.: JC153.H65
SOMMERVILLE, Johann P. (ed.), Sir Robert Filmer: Patriarcha and Other Writings (1991): JC153.F487
WOOTTON, David (ed.), Political Writings of John Locke (1993): Call no.: JC153.L855