Thomas Hobbes and Political Theory ed. by Mary G. Dietz

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dietz, Mary G., Editor.

Contributor:

Dietz, Mary G., Editor.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 211 Seiten)

Edition:

[2. Dr.]

Place of Publication:

University Press of Kansas 1990

Lawrence, Kan. Univ. Press of Kansas 1990

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores, from a variety of perspectives, the political theory of the man who is arguably the greatest English political thinker. It is the first substantial collection of new, critical essays on Thomas Hobbes by leading scholars in over a decade.Hobbes’s writings stirred debate in his own lifetime, for two centuries thereafter, and continue to do so in ours. They emerged in a period of intense political turmoil—a time of civil war and regicide, of puritanical rule and royal restoration. “They were motivated,” Dietz argues, “by concrete political problems and a practical concern, namely, to secure political order, absolute sovereignty, and civil peace.” The contributors emphasize and answer a series of expressly political questions that, to date, have not been fully addressed in the Hobbes literature. They contend that Hobbes’s writings are not mere static artifacts of a particular historical milieu, but rather rich sources of a variety of interpretations and criticisms that spur discussion and debate in their turn.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Hobbes and the Culture of Despotism

3. Plato, Hobbes, and the Science of Practical Reasoning

4. Intending (Political) Obligation: Hobbes and the Voluntary Basis of Society

5. Hobbes's Political Sensibility: The Menace of Political Ambition

6. Hobbes's Subject as Citizen

7. Political Psychology in Hobbes's Behemoth

8. Hobbes and Locke on Toleration

9. Atomes of Scripture: Hobbes and the Politics of Biblical Interpretation

The Contributors

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780700605194

0700605193

OCLC:

1227264826