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Prehistoric myths in modern political philosophy / Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Widerquist, Karl, author.
- McCall, Grant S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- History, Ancient--Philosophy.
- History, Ancient.
- History--Errors, inventions, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh University Press 2017
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, the primordial nature of inequality and war - why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? Widerquist and McCall draw on archaeology and anthropology to show that much of what we think we know about human origins comes from philosophers' imaginations.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modern Political Philosophy and Prehistoric Anthropology: Some Preliminary Issues
- 3 The Hobbesian Hypothesis: How a Colonial Prejudice Became an Essential Premise in the Most Popular Justification of Government
- 4 John Locke and the Hobbesian Hypothesis: How a Similar Colonial Prejudice Became an Essential Premise in the Most Popular Justification of Private Property Rights
- 5 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Eighteenth-Century Political Theory
- 6 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Nineteenth-Century Political Theory
- 7 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Contemporary Political Theory
- 8 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Anthropology
- 9 Nasty and Brutish? An Empirical Assessment of the Violence Hypothesis
- 10 Are You Better Off Now Than You Were 12,000 Years Ago? An Empirical Assessment of the Hobbesian Hypothesis
- 11 Implications
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781474430968
- 1474430961
- 9780748678693
- 0748678697
- 9780748678679
- 0748678670
- 9781474431200
- 1474431208
- OCLC:
- 1112361169
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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