Representation and the Fall
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12740559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Nelson (0000-0002-4084-8570, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 647-676 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Intellectual History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-2443 • E-ISSN: 1479-2451 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1479244318000501 |
| OpenAlex | W2903882151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article makes the case that the early modern debate over political representation was deeply intertwined with a theological debate over the Fall. The “resemblance” theory of representation adopted by English Parliamentarians was first formulated by Calvinists to make the case that Adam represented humanity, despite the fact that humanity had never authorized him to act in their name. The Royalist rejoinder, which treated authorization as a necessary and sufficient condition of representation, began life instead as a Pelagian response to Calvinist orthodoxy. This theological dispute provides a crucial context for the interventions of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
Context (archaeology · Humanity · Orthodoxy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Royalist · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
John Locke
The Two Gods of Leviathan
Aspects of Hobbes
Calvinism and the Making of the European Mind
The Origins of the Federal Theology in Sixteenth-Century Reformation Thought
Anti-Calvinists. The Rise of English Arminianism c. 1590–1640
Anti-Calvinists
Reasoned Freedom
Two treatises of government
Voluntarism and Early Modern Science
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |