Thomas Hobbes and Political Theory

• Tác giả khác: Dietz, Mary G. (Biên tập viên)
• Định dạng: Điện tử Chương của sách
• Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh
• Được phát hành: University Press of Kansas 1990
• Những chủ đề: Political science & theory
• Truy cập trực tuyến: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Tóm tắt

This volume explores, from a variety of perspectives, the political theory of the man who is arguably the greatest English political thinker. It is the first substantial collection of new, critical essays on Thomas Hobbes by leading scholars in over a decade.Hobbes's writings stirred debate in his own lifetime, for two centuries thereafter, and continue to do so in ours. They emerged in a period of intense political turmoil-a time of civil war and regicide, of puritanical rule and royal restoration. "They were motivated," Dietz argues, "by concrete political problems and a practical concern, namely, to secure political order, absolute sovereignty, and civil peace." The contributors emphasize and answer a series of expressly political questions that, to date, have not been fully addressed in the Hobbes literature. They contend that Hobbes's writings are not mere static artifacts of a particular historical milieu, but rather rich sources of a variety of interpretations and criticisms that spur discussion and debate in their turn.

Mô tả vật lý

1 electronic resource (222 p.)

số ISBN

book.81019
9780700630844

Truy cập

Open Access