Dr Jon Parkin
I work on the interaction between ideas and practical politics in the Early Enlightenment period, focusing particularly upon the reception of philosophical ideas and their impact upon political and cultural life. This approach was a feature of my first two booksScience, Religion and Politics in Restoration England (1999) and Taming the Leviathan (2007) which explored the adaptation and use of Hobbes's ideas in a variety of political, religious and cultural contexts between 1640 and 1700. Current research interests include the history of toleration (see J. Parkin and T. Stanton (eds), Natural Law and Toleration in the Early Enlightenment (2013)), early modern attitudes to self-censorship, Latitudinarianism, Thomas Hobbes and methodological issues surrounding the study of the history of political thought.
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