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Schochet, Gordon Joel was born on July 8, 1937 in Baltimore. Son of David G. and Goldie S. (Forman) Schochet.
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The Varieties of British Political Thought, 1500-1800
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There is at present no overall history of English and British political thought and literature in the early modern period. This volume attempts to review the period from the English Reformation to the French Revolution, to suggest new ways of studying the articulation of political consciousness and the conduct of political argument, and to point out the extraordinary intellectual and linguistic richness of the ongoing English and British political debate.
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The Authoritarian Family and Political Attitudes in 17th Century England: Patriarchialism in Political Thought
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Available for the first time in paperback, this classic study of the relationship between paternal and political authority identifies patriachalism as a leitmotif of western social and political thought since the time of Plato and Aristotle. Gordon Schochet shows that patriarchal doctrines can be found in the writings of all major political theorists form Plato to Bodin and that almost every significant political thinker in the seventeenth century England acknowledged and addressed patriarchalism. In the Stuart period, patriarchalism was the primary alternative to social contract and populist justifications of political authority. Moreover, patriarchal power was a major presupposition of those very doctrines that were offered in opposition to it. The author demonstrates that the ideological, social structural, and philosophic roots of the patriarchal tradition are deeply embedded in the political consciousness and practices of Western Europe. In earlier political thought, familial doctrines provided anthropological accounts of the origins of political order, whereas in the Stuart period, patriarchalism was primarily a justification of political obligation. Analyzing these essential differences, Professor Schochet offers a number of sociological, and virtual disappearance of patriarchal conceptions of obligations during the seventeenth century. Untangling the patriarchal theory, he shows that it comported well with the implicit ideology and everyday life of the masses and was fully consistent with the level of historical awareness of the early modern period. The final chapter traces the ultimate demise of patriarchalism in the eighteenth century and its transformation back into a theory of political origins. In addition, the author discusses a number of important questions about the nature of political theory, how its historical documents may be analyzed, and the resort to symbols in political discourse.
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Patriarchalism in Political Thought
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Gordon Joel Schochet
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Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1958; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1966.
Career
Assistant professor of political science, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1964-1965;
assistant professor of political science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1965-1970;
associate professor political science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1970-1976;
professor political science, Rutgers University, since 1975;
honorary research associate in government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1976. Visiting associate professor political science Hunter College, CUNY, New York City, 1975. Cons.AT&T Longlines, New York City, 1980.
Co-founder and co-director, Center for the History of British Political Thought, Folger Library., Washington, since 1980. Executive Board Folger Institute/Folger Library.
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The Authoritarian Family and Political Attitudes in 17th Century England: Patriarchialism in Political Thought
( Available for the first time in paperback, this classic...)
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The Varieties of British Political Thought, 1500-1800
(There is at present no overall history of English and Bri...)
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The Varieties of British Political Thought, 1500-1800
(There is at present no overall history of English and Bri...)
- Patriarchalism in Political Thought
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The Authoritarian Family and Political Attitudes in 17th Century England: Patriarchialism in Political Thought
Membership
Member Conference for Study Political Thought (program chairman 1980), American Political Science Association, American Society for 18th Century Studies (Executive Board since 1994), American History Association, American Society Political and Legal Philosophy (program chair 1975), Society for Value Inquiry.
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Married Louise Haberman, May 19, 1984. Children: Michael P., Deborah E.
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Fulbright fellow Cambridge University, England, 1962-1964. Fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, 1985-1988, Center for the History of Freedom, Washington University, St. Louis, 1988.Fulbright fellow Cambridge University, England, 1962-1964. Fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, 1985-1988, Center for the History of Freedom, Washington University, St. Louis, 1988.