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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boucher, David, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Appropriating Hobbes

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

In this work, David Boucher, 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.

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:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 5, 2018).

ISBN:

0-19-254927-8

0-19-185874-9