The Cambridge companion to Hobbes's Leviathan / edited by Patricia Springborg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Springborg, Patricia, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Leviathan.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Political science--Early works to 1800.

Political science.

Political science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 533 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This Companion makes a new departure in Hobbes scholarship, addressing a philosopher whose impact was as great on Continental European theories of state and legal systems as it was at home. This volume is a systematic attempt to incorporate work from both the Anglophone and Continental traditions, bringing together newly commissioned work by scholars from ten different countries in a topic-by-topic sequence of essays that follows the structure of Leviathan, re-examining the relationship among Hobbes's physics, metaphysics, politics, psychology, and religion. Collectively they showcase important revisionist scholarship that re-examines both the context for Leviathan and its reception, demonstrating the degree to which Hobbes was indebted to the long tradition of European humanist thought. This Cambridge Companion shows that Hobbes's legacy was never lost and that he belongs to a tradition of reflection on political theory and governance that is still alive, both in Europe and in the diaspora.

Contents:

Of man

Of commonwealth

Of a Christian commonwealth

Of the kingdom of darkness

Hobbes's reception.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781139001571 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.