David Boucher

Appropriating Hobbes

Legacies in Political, Legal, and International Thought

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how how Hobbes's political philosophy has occupied a pertinent place in different contexts, such as political theory, the theory of international relations (including international law), and philosophical idealism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780198817215
• ISBN-10: 0198817215
• Artikelnr.: 51773018

Autorenporträt

David Boucher is Professor of Political Philosophy at Cardiff University and Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg. He is currently Vice President of Learned Society of Wales. He has published extensively with Oxford University Press including Political Theories of International Relations (1998), and The Limits of Ethics in International Relations (2009). Among his edited books for OUP are Political Thinkers, 3rd edition (with Paul Kelly, 2017), and An Autobiography by R. G. Collingwood (with Teresa Smith, paperback 2017).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Hobbes in Contexts
* 1: Hobbes Among the Philosophical Idealists: A Will that is Actual,
but Not General
* 2: Understanding Hobbes: Philosophy versus Ideology
* 3: Constraining Leviathan: Power versus authority in Hobbes, Schmitt,
and Oakeshott.
* 4: Hobbes Among the Classic Jurists: Natural Law versus the Law of
Nations
* 5: Hobbes Among Legal Positivists: Sovereign or Society?
* 6: Hobbes Among International Relations thinkers: International
Political Theory