George Lawson's Politica and the English Revolu. Condren<|

George Lawson's 'Politica' and the English RevolutionAuthor(s): Conal Condren\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521522380, 978-0521522380\nSynopsis\nThis is the first full account, analysis and subsequent history of George Lawson's Politica, [tel]. For long accepted as a significant figure, through his criticism of Hobbes and his possible influence on Locke, Lawson has never been studied in depth, nor has his biography been previously established. Professor Condren here provides the context and the analysis of Lawson's major work, in the process re-dating it and providing a quite different interpretation from previous readings. A substantial section is devoted to the history of the text and its use in controversies in the period [tel], and there is some reassessment of the relationship between Hobbes, Locke and Lawson. The study also uses Lawson's text to reopen questions about English seventee.