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Hobbes's political philosophy : interpretation and interpretations / A.P. Martinich.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Martinich, Aloysius, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
Hobbes, Thomas.
Political science--Philosophy.
Political science.
Political science--History--17th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations
Other Title:
Interpretation and interpretations
Place of Publication:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Summary:
Hobbes's Political Philosophy: Interpretation and Interpretations aims to clarify Hobbes's positions by examining what Hobbes considered a science of politics, a set of timeless truths grounded in definitions. A.P. Martinich explains this science of politics, examining Hobbes's views on the laws of nature, authorization and representation, sovereignty by acquisition, and others. He argues that in addition to the timeless science, Hobbes had two timebound projects. The first was to eliminate the apparent conflict between the new science of Copernicus and Galileo and the second was to show that Christianity is not politically destabilizing.
Contents:
Hobbes's Political-Philosophical Project: Science and Subversion
Interpretation and Hobbes's Political Philosophy
On the Proper Interpretation of Hobbes's Philosophy
The Interpretation of Covenants in Leviathan
Four Senses of "Meaning" in the History of Ideas: Quentin Skinner's Theory of Historical Interpretation
Law and Self-Preservation in Leviathan: On Misunderstanding Hobbes's Philosophy, 1650-1700
The Laws of Nature are the Laws of God in Leviathan
Leo Strauss's Olympian Interpretation: Right, Self-Preservation, and Law in The Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes on Sovereignty by Acquisition in Leviathan
Natural Sovereignty and Omnipotence in Hobbes's Leviathan
The Author of Sin and Demoniacs: Two Calvinist Issues in Thomas Hobbes and Some Contemporaries
Hobbes's Erastianism and Interpretation
Sovereign-Making and Biblical Covenants in On the Citizen.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-753174-1
0-19-753173-3
OCLC:
1257085106

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