| Contents |
A survey of sovereignty concepts -- Michelet : burying the governments of grace -- Michelet : sovereign people, political theology, and liberal exclusion -- Hobbes, decisionism, and the friendly exception -- Hobbes's civic theodicy : Leibniz, suffering innocents, and prosperity of the wicked -- Seneca's friendly sovereign -- Seneca and Rome's new make-believe. |
| Abstract |
"Explores the diverse views of Jules Michelet, Thomas Hobbes, and Seneca on the extralegal aspects of sovereign prerogative power, often associated with grace, favor, leniency, and pardons"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2022020023 |
| ISBN | 9780271093376 |
| ISBN | 0271093374 |
