Hobbes and Modern Political Thought

ISBN-13: 9781474401210 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 278 str.

Translated By Zarka; Yves Charles Zarka; James Griffith

Opis

Discover how Hobbes established the framework for modern political thought: liberalism originates in the Hobbesian theory of negative liberty; Hobbesian interest and contract are essential to contemporary discussions of the comportment of economic actors; and state sovereignty returns anew in the servility of the state.

Spis treści

Translator’s Introduction; Foreword, 1. Journey: To the Foundations of Modern Politics; Part I. Individual and State: 2. Gracián’s Hero and Hobbes’s Antihero; 3. The Hobbesian Idea of Political Philosophy; Part II. Language and Power: 4. Theory of Language; 5. The Semiology of Power; Part III. Fundamental Concepts of Politics: 6. On War; 7. On Law; 8. On Property; 9. On the State; 10. On the Right to Punish; Part IV. Hobbes According to Two Contemporaries: 11. Hobbes and Filmer: Regnum Patrimoniale and Regnum Institutivum; 12. Hobbes and Pascal: Two Models of the Theory of Power; Conclusion: Hobbes’s Contribution; Bibliography.