Thomas Hobbes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunce, R.E.R.

Series:

Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.

Philosophers--Great Britain--Biography.

Political science--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Political scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Local Subjects:

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.

Philosophers--Great Britain--Biography.

Political science--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Political scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

In this volume, Dr Bunce (University of Cambridge) introduces Hobbes' ambitious philosophical project to discover the principles that govern the social world. If Hobbes' immodest assessment that he successfully attained this goal may be disputed, Bunce nevertheless captures the extraordinary enduring value of Hobbes' work for the contemporary reader. Thomas Hobbes's name and the title of his most famous work, Leviathan, have come to be synonymous with the idea that the natural state of humankind is 'nasty, brutish, and short' and only the intervention of a munificent overlord may spare men and

Contents:

Cover-Page; Half Title; Series Introduction; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Hobbes's Life; Early Life; Employment as a Humanist; Hobbes and the New Science; Philosopher in Exile; Return to England; Last Years; Conclusion: Life and Philosophy; 2 Hobbes's Civil Philosophy; Introduction; The Nature of Hobbes's Political Thought; Hobbes's Works; Human Nature: Reason, Knowledge, Imagination, and Passion; Man, Born Unfit for Society; The Condition of Mere Nature; The Laws of Nature; Persons, Authors, Representation, and the State

The Creation of the State through Mutual CovenantsTypes of Sovereignty; The Rights and Duties of the Sovereign; Liberty under the Sovereign; The Life of the Commonwealth; The Fool; The Death of the Commonwealth; Conclusion: The Science of Natural Justice; 3 Reception and Interpretation; Introduction; Hobbism and Atheism; Hobbes's Disciples; Human Nature and the State of Nature; Social Contract and the State; Obligation and Law; Hobbes as a Theorist of Bourgeois Society; Hobbes and the Prisoner's Dilemma; Hobbes the Skeptic; Hobbes and Rhetoric; Conclusion: Understanding Hobbes

4 Hobbes TodayNew Leviathan and Totalitarianism; Back to Nature; Hobbes and Contemporary Conservatism; Liberal before Liberalism; Conclusion; Notes; Suggested Further Reading; Hobbes's Life; Hobbes's Works; Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Language; Theology; Ethics and Political Thought; Reception; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-62356-872-2