Hobbes's political theory

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Hobbes's political theory

Deborah Baumgold

Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Bibliography: p. 195-203

Includes index

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Description

This historical study of "Leviathan" and its two earlier versions, "The Element of Law" and "De Cive" attempts to locate Hobbes's political theory in the context of the constitutional debates preceding the English Civil War.

Table of Contents

  • The Hobbesian covenants - rights
  • the Hobbesian covenants - political agency, authorisation and representation
  • Hobbesian absolutism
  • Hobbesian roles
  • the art of government
  • Hobbes's political sensibility.

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