Thomas Hobbes and political theory
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Thomas Hobbes and political theory
University Press of Kansas, c1990
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"The essays in this volume issue from the Benjamin Evans Lippincott Symposium, 'The Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, 1599-1988,' held at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1988."--Acknowledgments
Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780700604203
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The eight essays in this volume celebrated the 400th birthday of the English political thinker - Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes is one of a small number of political theorists in the Western tradition whose writings stirred debate in his own lifetime, for two centuries thereafter and continue to do so in ours. The essays in this volume share the interpretive premise that Hobbes was a political thinker and that his writings were political acts rather than scientific or ethical doctrines or logical deductive exercises. Their appearance signals a growing interest in the historical, contextual and cultural interpretation of Hobbes's political writings. His writings emerged in a period of intense political turmoil - a time of civil war and regicide, of puritanical rule and royal restoration. From a variety of interpretive perspectives, these essays aim to emphasize and answer a series of expressly political questions that, to date, have not been fully addressed in the Hobbes literature.
Table of Contents
- Introduction, Mary G.Dietz
- Hobbes and the culture of despotism, Sheldon S.Wolin
- Plato, Hobbes and the science of practical reasoning, David Johnston
- intending obligation - Hobbes and the voluntary basis of society, Gordon Schochet
- Hobbes' political sensibility - the menace of political ambition, Deborah Baumgold
- Hobbes' subject as citizen, Mary G.Dietz
- passions, interests and norms - political psychology in Hobbes' Behemoth, Stephen Taylor Holmes
- Hobbes and Locke on toleration, Richard Tuck
- atomes of scripture - Hobbes and the politics of biblical interpretation, James Farr.
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: pbk ISBN 9780700605194
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This volume explores, from a variety of perspectives, the political theory of the man who is arguably the greatest English political thinker. It is a collection of new, critical essays on Thomas Hobbes by leading scholars in over a decade. Hobbes' writings stirred debate in his own lifetime, for two centuries thereafter, and continue to do so in ours. They emerged in a period of intense political turmoil - a time of civil war and regicide, of puritanical rule and royal restoration. They were motivated, Dietz argues, by concrete political problems and a practical concern - namely, to secure political order, absolute sovereignty and civil peace. The contributors emphasize and answer a series of expressly political questions that to date, have not been fully addressed in the Hobbes literature. They contend that Hobbes' writings are not mere static artifacts of a particular historical milieu, but rather rich sources of a variety of interpretations and criticisms that spur discussion and debate in their turn.
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