Stoicism and the Western Political Tradition

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<p>This book uniquely recovers and assesses Stoic political thought by tracking its uptake into Western modernity and exploring the extent of its impact. Classical Stoicism has lately seen a popular resurgence inspiring self-help books and therapeutic treatments for anxiety and depression. As a scholarly source for the Western political tradition, it is even more important.  Yet, as A.A. Long once observed: [o]f all the ancient philosophies, Stoicism has probably had the most diffused yet least adequately acknowledged influence on Western thought.</p><p> </p><p>This close textual study not only provides the first systematic study of the political content of Stoic thought but also establishes the hitherto under-appreciated influence of classical Stoicism on the political thought of the long eighteenth century and beyond in Europe and particularly Britain.</p><p> </p>The Stoic ideas upon which we focus include their cosmopolitanism, their contribution tosociability and self-interest debates, their influence on modern feminism and utilitarianism, and their prefiguration of modern conceptions of personal rights.

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<p>Lisa Hill is Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide. She is a political theorist and intellectual historian who has published extensively on the history of some of the most important ideas in the Western political tradition. Her recent books include <i>Adam Smith¿s Pragmatic Liberalism: The Science of Welfare</i> (London and New York:<i> </i>Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) and <i>The Intellectual History of Political Corruption </i>(London/New York: Palgrave Macmillan, with Bruce Buchan).</p> <p>Eden Blazejak is a teaching and research assistant at the University of Adelaide. His Honours thesis (for which he was awarded the Tinline Prize) was on the topic "The Hidden Porch: Stoicism in Early Modern Political Thought." He is about to submit his Ph.D. thesis entitled: "Epicureanism in the Enlightenment: The Influence of Epicurean Thought on the Western Political Tradition."</p>

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