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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Quentin Skinner |
ISBN: | 0521813689 9780521813686 0521813824 9780521813822 0521890608 9780521890601 0521890756 9780521890755 |
OCLC Number: | 133162436 |
Awards: | Winner of David Easton Award - Foundation of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association 2007 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 386 pages). |
Contents: | 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. |
Responsibility: | Quentin Skinner. |
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'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 ' ... this is a deeply impressive collection which displays Skinner's exceptional range.' The New York Review "This essay is essential reading." SEL Studies in English Literature, Achsah Guibbory, Recent Studies in English Renaissance Read more...

