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The rhetoric of Leviathan : Thomas Hobbes and the politics of cultural transformation / David Johnston.
Van Pelt Library JC153.H66 J64 1986
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LIBRA JC153.H66 J64 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, David, 1951-
- Series:
- Studies in moral, political, and legal philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Leviathan.
- Hobbes, Thomas.
- Leviathan (Hobbes, Thomas).
- Local Subjects:
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Leviathan.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 234 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- When Leviathan first appeared in 1651, it was recognized as a work of extraordinary scope, uniting metaphysical, theological, and political arguments into a single distinctive outlook. Contending that modern readers do the book an injustice by neglecting its metaphysical and theological themes, David Johnston supports his claim with a detailed examination of the text as a whole and with a reinterpretation of the genesis of the work.
- Contents:
- Historiography and rhetoric: Hobbes and the rhetorical tradition
- The elements of law: reason versus rhetoric
- Rhetoric rediscovered: from dry discourse to speaking picture
- The portrait of man: reason versus superstition
- Theory and transformation: the politics of enlightenment
- The disenchanted world: the mechanical materialist
- Scriptures and sovereigns: the subordination of prophecy
- Sovereignty at the crossroads: the present in historical perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691077177
- 9780691077178
- 9780691023175
- 0691023174
- OCLC:
- 13327863
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