Thomas Hobbes : skepticism, individuality and chastened politics
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Thomas Hobbes : skepticism, individuality and chastened politics
（Modernity and political thought）
Rowman & Littlefield, c2002
New ed
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-179) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780742521483
Description
As its subtitle "Skepticism, Individuality and Chastened Politics" indicates, this book is an exploration of and a largely favorable engagement with salient elements in the thinking of a theorist who is widely regarded as the greatest Anglophone political thinker and among the top rank of philosophical writers generally. In emphazing Hobbes's skepticism, Richard Flathman goes against the grain of much of the literature concerning Hobbes. The theme of individuality is more familiar, particularly from the celebrated writings on Hobbes by Michael Oakeshott, but the idea of a chastened politics challenges the widely influential view that Hobbes was not only an authoritarian but an incipient or proto-totalitarian. Although primarily an account of Hobbes's thinking, Flathman contends that Hobbes's formulation speaks valuably to issues that remain very much with us. For this reason Thomas Hobbes will be of interest to a wider audience than Hobbes specialists.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Of Making and Unmaking Chapter 2 O God, Matter, and Mind Chapter 3 Of Language, Reason, and Science Chapter 4 Of Prudence and Morality: The Right and the Laws of Nature Chapter 5 Of Prudence and Morality: Desires, Ends, and Character Chapter 6 Of Liberty, Authority, and Power Chapter 7 Of Liberty, Politics, and Political Education Chapter 8 Of Individuality and Democracy
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: pbk ISBN 9780742521490
Description
As its subtitle 'Skepticism, Individuality and Chastened Politics' indicates, this book is an exploration of and a largely favorable engagement with salient elements in the thinking of a theorist who is widely regarded as the greatest Anglophone political thinker and among the top rank of philosophical writers generally. In emphazing Hobbes's skepticism, Richard Flathman goes against the grain of much of the literature concerning Hobbes. The theme of individuality is more familiar, particularly from the celebrated writings on Hobbes by Michael Oakeshott, but the idea of a chastened politics challenges the widely influential view that Hobbes was not only an authoritarian but an incipient or proto-totalitarian. Although primarily an account of Hobbes's thinking, Flathman contends that Hobbes's formulation speaks valuably to issues that remain very much with us. For this reason Thomas Hobbes will be of interest to a wider audience than Hobbes specialists.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Of Making and Unmaking Chapter 2 O God, Matter, and Mind Chapter 3 Of Language, Reason, and Science Chapter 4 Of Prudence and Morality: The Right and the Laws of Nature Chapter 5 Of Prudence and Morality: Desires, Ends, and Character Chapter 6 Of Liberty, Authority, and Power Chapter 7 Of Liberty, Politics, and Political Education Chapter 8 Of Individuality and Democracy
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