Political theorists and constitutional proposals in England (1645-1697)

• Grant number: 15/05521-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: August 01, 2015
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Political Theory
• Principal Investigator: Eunice Ostrensky
• Grantee: Eunice Ostrensky
• Host Investigator: Kinch Hoekstra
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States

Abstract

This project focuses on a series of English political writings that may be relevant to understand constitutional development. According to the major premise of the project, during English Civil wars and its aftermath in the 17th Century, the collapse of the King-in-Parliament government and ancient political conventions opened the way for the discussion and experimentation of a variety of policies and institutional arrangements that could be broadly termed "constitutional proposals". It was a rare occasion for the English society to establish its own landmark agreement on political association. The project intends to show that the question about what was a constitution was not settled in the period above mentioned. New meanings of the term "constitution" (and its compounds) could emerge due to the breakdown of political authority, while ancient meanings were still in usage. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

OSTRENSKY, EUNICE. The Levellers' Conception of Legitimate Authority. ARAUCARIA-REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE FILOSOFIA POLITICA Y HUMANIDADES, v. 20, n. 39, p. 157-186, 2018. (15/05521-4)