Appropriating Hobbes : legacies in political, legal, and international thought / David Boucher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boucher, David, 1951- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

vi, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book explores how Hobbes's political philosophy has occupied a pertinent place in different contexts, and how his interpreters see their own images reflected in him, or how they define themselves in contrast to him. Appropriating Hobbes argues that there is no Hobbes independent of the interpretations that arise from his appropriation in these various contexts and which serve to present him to the world. There is no one perfect context that enables us to get at what Hobbes 'really meant', despite the numerous claims to the contrary. He is almost indistinguishable from the context in which he is read.

Contents:

Introduction: Appropriating Hobbes in context

Hobbes among the philosophical idealists: a will that is actual, but not general

Understanding Hobbes: philosophy versus ideology

Constraining Leviathan: power versus authority in Hobbes, Schmitt, and Oakeshott

Hobbes among the classic jurists: natural law versus the law of nations

Hobbes among the legal positivists: sovereign or society?

Hobbes among international relations thinkers: international political theory

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0198817215

9780198817215

OCLC:

1005105382