Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory

AvG. Slomp

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Hobbes's philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behaviour as perceived by rational "agents" and the detached analysis of conflict by a "political geometer". The author offers solutions to some long-standing problems in Hobbesian political philosophy (for example, the role of glory, Hobbes' pessimism) and shows the consistency of Hobbes' attempt to derive absolution as the only stable political association. Although based on extensive textual analysis of Hobbes' works and correspondence, the text is an exercise in political philosophy that students should find iconoclastic and experts challenging.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-05-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:194
Upplaga:2000
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333726426

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GABRIELLA SLOMP is Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde. A specialist in Modern Political Thought, she is regarded as an emerging Hobbesian scholar of the first rank and her work has been published in top journals (Political Studies, History of Political Thought, Canadian Journal of Political Science).

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'This may well be the most impressive new book on Hobbes appearing over the past two decades or more.' - Political Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements Abbreviations to Hobbes's Works Quoted in the Text Introduction: The Political Geometry of Glory PART I: ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Coordinates of Man: Time and Space Fatal Equality The Axiom of Glory Glory: Parallels and Intersections Ambition: Paradoxes and Puzzles The Dilemma of Fear and Hope The Trajectory of Glory Glory and the Excellent Sex The Determinants of the Citizen: Nature and Nurture PART II: THEOREMS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Rational Actor at Play Hobbes's Impossibility Theorem The Ideology of Political Geometry End Notes Selected Bibliography Name Index