Quentin Skinner (University of Cambridge)

Visions of Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The third of three volumes of essays by Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading intellectual historians. This collection includes some of his most important work on the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, each of which has been carefully revised for publication in this form.

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Produktdetails

• Visions of Politics 3 Volume Set
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9780521890601
• ISBN-10: 0521890608
• Artikelnr.: 10531816

Autorenporträt

Quentin Skinner is Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Hobbes's career in philosophy; 2. Hobbes and the studia humanitatis; 3. Hobbes's changing conception of a civil science; 4. Hobbes on rhetoric and the construction of morality; 5. Hobbes and the purely artificial person of the state; 6. Hobbes on the proper signification of liberty; 7. Hobbes and the classical theory of laughter; 8. History and ideology in the English revolution; 9. The context of Hobbes's theory of political obligation; 10. Conquest and consent: Hobbes and the engagement controversy; 11. Hobbes and his disciples in France and England; 12. Hobbes and the politics of the early Royal Society; 13. Hobbes's last word on politics.

Rezensionen

'As a retrospective showcase of the work of a major scholar, this is impressive. Skinner's ability to combine political and philosophical insight with minute knowledge of several centuries of political literature is awe inspiring.' Robert Sugden, The Times Higher Education Supplement