Towards an immortal political body: The state machine in eighteenth-century English political discourse

Contributions to the History of Concepts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-47

  Ihalainen, Pasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body politic; Eighteenth century English history; Political analogies; Political community; Political machine

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149198191     PISSN: 18079326     EISSN: 1874656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187465609X430845     Document Type: Review

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