Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics' (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics' (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Harrington, James. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521423298.

James Harringtons brief career as a political and historical theorist spans the last years of the Cromwellian Protectorate and the Restoration of 1660. This volume comprises the first and last of Harringtons writings. Harrington was the first theorist to interpret the English Civil Wars as a revolution, the result of a longterm process of social change that led to the decay of the old political order. Professor Pococks lucid introduction emphasizes Harringtons place as a pivotal figure in the history of English political thought. This edition also contains a chronology of principal events in Harringtons life and a guide to further reading.