A Small Polemic about English Political Thought. Gloss to the Book of Tomasz Tulejski

Abstract

This text is a polemic with two sketches from Tomasz Tulejski’s book of Od Hookera do Benthama. Eseje o angielskiej myśli ustrojowej (2018). The author does not agree with the characteristics and location of the two heroes of this book – Richard Hooker and James VI/I – on the English theological-political scene. In his analysis, Prof. Tulejski omits English Catholics. Thanks to this omission, he places Hooker and James VI/I on the conservative side of the English political and religious scene instead of in the middle. Additionally, the author objects to the evaluation of James VI/I’s absolutist theory on his relationship to the English political tradition.