Hobbes and modern political thought / Yves Charles Zarka ; translated and with an introduction by James Griffith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zarka, Yves Charles, author.

Contributor:

Griffith, James (Assistant Professor), translator, author of introduction.

Standardized Title:

Hobbes et la pensée politique moderne. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679--Criticism and interpretation.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Hobbes & Modern Political Thought

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Discover how Hobbes established the framework for modern political thought: liberalism originates in the Hobbesian theory of negative liberty; Hobbesian interest and contract are essential to contemporary discussions of the comportment of economic actors; and state sovereignty returns anew in the servility of the state.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD

1 JOURNEY: TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN POLITICS

Part I INDIVIDUAL AND STATE

2 GRACIÁN’S HERO AND HOBBES’S ANTIHERO

3 THE HOBBESIAN IDEA OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Part II LANGUAGE AND POWER [POUVOIR]

4 THEORY OF LANGUAGE

5 THE SEMIOLOGY OF POWER [POUVOIR]

Part III FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF POLITICS

6 ON WAR

7 ON LAW

8 ON PROPERTY

9 ON THE STATE

10 ON THE RIGHT TO PUNISH

PART IV HOBBES ACCORDING TO TWO CONTEMPORARIES

11 HOBBES AND FILMER: REGNUM PATRIMONIALE AND REGNUM INSTITUTIVUM

12 HOBBES AND PASCAL: TWO MODELS OF THE THEORY OF POWER [POUVOIR]

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-0120-1