| Description |
xix, 83 pages ; 24 cm |
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Problems in European civilization |
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Problems in European civilization.
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| Contents |
1. General opinions of the problem: Calvin a source of democracy / Émile Doumergue ; Calvin no source of democracy / Georges de Lagarde ; Calvin an unconscious source of democracy / Charles Mercier ; Calvin not interested in forms of government / Marc-edouard Chenevière ; Calvin a source of resistance theory, and therefore f democracy / Winthrop S. Hudson -- II. Did Calvin and his followers favor democracy as a form of government?: Classical definitions of the forms of government / Aristotle and Cicero ; Calvin preferred either aristocracy or a mixture of aristocracy and democracy / Josef Bohatec ; Calvin preferred representative democracy / John T. McNeill ; Calvin and his followers championed representative government / Herbert Darling Foster ; Calvin's followers feard democracy / Robert M. Kingdon -- III. Was Calvin's thought the inspiration for the earliest democratic revolts in Europe?: Calvinist ideas of resistance grew from civic experience / Hans Baron ; Calvinists and Catholics both organized revolutionary parties / H.G. Koenigsberger ; Calvinists became revolutionaries / Michael Walzer -- IV. Summary: Calvin's ideas still politically relevant today / John T. McNeill |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 77-83 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 77-83 |
| Subject |
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 -- Political science
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Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
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Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 -- Political and social views.
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Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church
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Democracy.
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Political science.
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| Author |
Kingdon, Robert M. (Robert McCune), 1927-
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Linder, Robert Dean.
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| LC no. |
79134172 |
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