Hobbes's On the Citizen (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Guide
Redaktion: Douglass, Robin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book-length study in English of Thomas Hobbes's On the Citizen. It aims to show that On the Citizen is a valuable and distinctive philosophical work in its own right, and not merely a stepping-stone toward the more famous Leviathan. The volume comprises twelve original essays, written by leading Hobbes scholars, which explore the most important themes of the text: Hobbes's accounts of human nature, moral motivation, and political obligation; his theories of property, sovereignty, and the state; and, finally, his ideas on the relation between secular and ecclesiastical authority, and the politics behind his religious ideas. Taken together, the essays bring to light many distinctive aspects of Hobbes's thought that are often concealed by the prevailing focus on Leviathan, making for a richer and more nuanced picture of his moral, legal, and political philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108386470
• Artikelnr.: 62735526

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Robin Douglass and Johan Olsthoorn; 1. Excavating On the
Citizen Deborah Baumgold and Ryan Harding; 2. Hobbes and Aristotle on the
foundation of political science Nicholas Gooding and Kinch Hoekstra; 3. All
the mind's pleasure: glory, self-admiration, and moral motivation in On the
Citizen and Leviathan S. A. Lloyd; 4. The right of nature and political
disobedience: Hobbes's puzzling thought experiment Susanne Sreedhar; 5.
Motivation, reason, and the good in On the Citizen Michael LeBuffe; 6.
Property and despotic sovereignty Laurens van Apeldoorn; 7. Sovereignty and
dominium: the foundations of Hobbesian statehood Daniel Lee; 8. Corporate
persons without authorization Michael J. Green; 9. Hobbes on love and fear
of God Thomas Holden; 10. 'A rhapsody of heresies': the scriptural politics
of On the Citizen Alison McQueen; 11. On the Citizen and church-state
relations Johann Sommerville; 12. Sovereign-making and biblical covenants
in On the Citizen A. P. Martinich.