This volume explores, from a variety of perspectives, the political theory of the man who is arguably the greatest English political thinker. It is the first substantial collection of new, critical essays on Thomas Hobbes by leading scholars in over a decade. Hobbes's 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's 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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"This is a fine collection of critical essays that provide illuminating and novel interpretations of Hobbes. . . . It is a timely and very stimulating book . . . that will be useful to political scientists, historians, and philosophers."--Jeffrey Isaac, author of The Power of Marxist Theory: A Realist View
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Mary Dietz has taught political theory at the University of Minnesota since 1982. She is the author of Between the Human and the Divine: The Political Thought of Simone Weil.
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Writing nearly twenty-five years ago about the state of Hobbes studies, the English scholar K. C. Brown observed that "a lively and fruitful discussion has been in progress for considerable time, and no one who is seriously interested in Hobbes's work can altogether avoid being affected by it."1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political psychology, civill power, civill warre, civic commandments, calculative science, ambitious elites, meer nature, civil philosophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
English Works, Civil War, Thomas Hobbes, Cambridge University Press, The Elements of Law, Stephen Holmes, New York, Quentin Skinner, Hobbes's Subject, Hobbes's Behemoth, Clarendon Press, Deborah Baumgold, Hobbes Studies, Richard Tuck, James Farr, Harvard University Press, Two Treatises, Leo Strauss, House of Lords, Hobbes's Political Sensibility, Ferdinand Tönnies, The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, University of Chicago Press, Mortall God, Engagement Oath New!
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Writing nearly twenty-five years ago about the state of Hobbes studies, the English scholar K. C. Brown observed that "a lively and fruitful discussion has been in progress for considerable time, and no one who is seriously interested in Hobbes's work can altogether avoid being affected by it."1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political psychology, civill power, civill warre, civic commandments, calculative science, ambitious elites, meer nature, civil philosophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
English Works, Civil War, Thomas Hobbes, Cambridge University Press, The Elements of Law, Stephen Holmes, New York, Quentin Skinner, Hobbes's Subject, Hobbes's Behemoth, Clarendon Press, Deborah Baumgold, Hobbes Studies, Richard Tuck, James Farr, Harvard University Press, Two Treatises, Leo Strauss, House of Lords, Hobbes's Political Sensibility, Ferdinand Tönnies, The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, University of Chicago Press, Mortall God, Engagement Oath New!
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- The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Tom Sorell on 4 pages
- Fictive Theories: Towards a Deconstructive and Utopian Political Imagination (Studies in European Culture and History) by Susan McManus in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Ethics of Refugee Policy (Ethics and Global Politics) by Christina Boswell on page 97, and Back Matter
- Common Law and Liberal Theory: Coke, Hobbes, and the Origins of American Constitutionalism by James R. Stoner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Margins of Orthodoxy: Heterodox Writing and Cultural Response, 1660-1750 by Roger D. Lund on page 146, and Back Matter
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