Hobbes and the making of modern political thought / Gordon Hull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hull, Gordon, 1972-

Series:

Continuum studies in British philosophy.

Continuum studies in British philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopolitics.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hobbes and the Making of Modern Political Thought considers what it is that makes the study of Hobbes so compelling. Gordon Hull reads Hobbes as the first 'modern' political philosopher. In Hobbes we find the combination of an anomalous and anachronistic view of geometry and a radical, almost post-modern understanding of language. After situation Hobbes against the late scholastic and Machiavellian traditions against which he wrote, the book studies Hobbes's neglected writings on mathematics and language. That analysis then motivates a rereading of his famous pronouncements about the state of

Contents:

Introduction : the politics of construction

A genealogical context of modern political thought

More geometrico

Nominalism redux

The state of nature

Constructing politics

Conclusion : from erasing nature to producing the multitude.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-196) and index.

ISBN:

9781282453098

1282453092

9781441195562

1441195564

OCLC:

601821116