| Leviathan After 350 Years Contributor(s): Sorell, Tom (Editor), Foisneau, Luc (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199264619 ISBN-13: 9780199264612 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Tom Sorell and Luc Foisneau present a volume of brand-new new essays which reconsider the significance of Thomas Hobbes's masterpiece after three and a half centuries. The world's leading Hobbes scholars and a few newcomers develop themes that have not received sufficient attention in previous work on Leviathan: the place of the last of Hobbes's treatises in the scheme of Hobbes's political writings; Leviathan's claims about some of the passions with the greatest effects on politics; and the connections between biblical and political authorities. This is a book that anyone working on Hobbes and this period of intellectual history will want to read. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Political Science - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 320.1 |
| LCCN: 2004300101 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.38 lbs) 318 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Tom Sorell and Luc Foisneau present a volume of brand-new new essays which reconsider the significance of Thomas Hobbes's masterpiece after three and a half centuries. The world's leading Hobbes scholars and a few newcomers develop themes that have not received sufficient attention in previous work on Leviathan: the place of the last of Hobbes's treatises in the scheme of Hobbes's political writings; Leviathan's claims about some of the passions with the greatest effects on politics; and the connections between biblical and political authorities. This is a book that anyone working on Hobbes and this period of intellectual history will want to read. |