From natural law to political economy : J.H.G. von justi on state, commerce and international order
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Wien : Lit Verlag, 2019, Geschichte ; 158
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NOKKALA, Ere Pertti, From natural law to political economy : J.H.G. von justi on state, commerce and international order, Wien : Lit Verlag, 2019, Geschichte ; 158 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/62204
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This book is the first comprehensive interpretation of the political and international thought of one of the greatest German political writers of the eighteenth-century, Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi (1717-1771). By revisiting his conceptions of natural law, happiness, the state, universal monarchy, the balance of power and international order the study reveals a much more original and diverse thinker than has previously been assumed. Building on ideas of a passionate human nature, Justi effected a passage from natural law to political economy that took into account the development of commercialism. The book firmly situates Justi in the German Enlightenment, and the German Enlightenment in a broader European context.
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-- Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The political context of justi's major works
3. Escape from natural law to cameral sciences
4. Rethinking the pursuit of happiness
5. State
6. Counterconcepts: universal monarchy and balance of power
7. Two ways to happiness: From Sparta to Athens
8. Conclusion
-- Bibliography
-- Index
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Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2010