Some Justifications for Violence in the Puritan Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20291982 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Little (0000-0002-5737-7082, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 577-589 |
| Publication date | 1972-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Theological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-8160 • E-ISSN: 1475-4517 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s001781600000184x |
| OpenAlex | W2155758794 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Whatever else it may be, the study of political revolution is the study, in a given case, of competing and incompatible assertions regarding the legitimation or justification of violence. This is true because: Since, as Weber put it, the state by definition possesses the legitimate monopoly of violence, and to propose radical changes in the character of a state, as happens in political revolutions, is to propose a radical alternative to the existing pattern of legitimating violence. In short, a revolution is, among other things, a contest over who may properly employ violence under what circumstances
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |