Anticlerical Legacies

The Deistic Reception of Thomas Hobbes, c. 1670–1740

Elad Carmel

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English

Manchester University Press
09 January 2024

British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy of religion

Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

Anticlerical legacies explores the reception of Thomas Hobbes's political and religious ideas by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century deists and freethinkers, such as Charles Blount, John Toland, Anthony Collins, Matthew Tindal, Thomas Morgan, and many others.

It shows that these writers were indebted to various aspects of Hobbes's thought, that they engaged with his ideas explicitly in their published and unpublished works, and that they invoked his authority consistently despite the explosive reputation of the 'monster of Malmesbury'. Hobbes emerges from this study as a major source of anticlerical ideas and tools - something that his contemporary admirers and critics seemed to agree on but that has been understudied in the scholarship. The battle of Hobbes and his successors against the orthodoxy was also a battle for civil peace, and the rich anticlerical legacies that they left remained influential long after their lifetime.

By: Elad Carmel
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 491g
ISBN: 9781526168825
ISBN 10: 1526168820
Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 09 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 The early days of English deism (c. 1670–1695) 2 The deist controversy (1696–1710) 3 The age of freethinking (1711–1723) 4 The last battle (1724–1740) Conclusion -- .

Elad Carmel is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Jyvskyl and previously a Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellow in 18th-Century Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews for Anticlerical Legacies: The Deistic Reception of Thomas Hobbes, c. 1670–1740

'A careful examination of Hobbes’s influence on early debates about Deism, the place of reason in religion, and the place of religion in society' J. H. Spence, Adrian College, CHOICE Reviews '[An] important and fluently crafted study' History of European Ideas 'Carmel’s valuable study contributes to the enriching of our understanding of the intellectual traditions which fostered the radical ideas of the Enlightenment in England.' Intellectual History Review 'In tracing out the Hobbesian roots of [Anthony] Collins’s manifesto, and the deist program on which it drew, Anticlerical Legacies succeeds magnificently. We are left with a greater appreciation of both Hobbes – whose profound and continuing legacy continued to unsettle public discourse well into the next century – and the deists for whom he served as such a powerful role model.' Andrew R. Murphy, Hobbes Studies -- .