Spanish Political Thought in the Baroque
FAIN: FT-13338-77
Jose A. Fernandez-Santamaria
California State University, Hayward (Hayward, CA 94542-3001)
To examine the manner in which the Spanish political thinkers of the Baroque sought to formulate a verdadera razon de Estado (reason of state) capable of accounting for the political realities of the age while, simultaneously, remaining subordinate to the traditional ethical imperatives.