Discourses Concerning Government

By Algernon Sidney

Book Overview

Written in response to Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha (1680), the Discourses Concerning Government by Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) has been treasured for more than three centuries as a classic defense of republicanism and popular government.

Thomas G. West is Paul and Dawn Potter Professor of Politics, Hillsdale College.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865971412
• ISBN13: 9780865971417
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 645 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5