Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory

AvG. Slomp

Häftad, 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 .

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-01-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt:269 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:194
Upplaga:1
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349405961

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Gabriella Slomp is Lecturer in Political Theory, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

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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

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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