Liberty, Rationality, and Agency in Hobbes's Leviathan
Title | Liberty, Rationality, and Agency in Hobbes's Leviathan PDF eBook |
Author | David van Mill |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2001-07-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0791490297 |
Marking a significant departure from most scholarship on Hobbes, this book offers new interpretations of his theories of freedom, agency, rationality, morality, psychology, and politics. Hobbes's arguments concerning many different aspects of civil society and human psychology are brought together to provide a comprehensive theory of agency. Hobbes's theory of freedom is demonstrated to be considerably more complicated than previously thought, revealing a concern with both "internal" and "external" conditions of action. On close examination Hobbes can be seen to move beyond his limited definition of negative liberty and to champion autonomous rational action. Throughout, the book evaluates the relevance of this reformulation for contemporary debates in political philosophy.
Liberty, Rationality, and Agency in Hobbes's Leviathan
Title | Liberty, Rationality, and Agency in Hobbes's Leviathan PDF eBook |
Author | David van Mill |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2001-07-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780791450352 |
A new interpretation of the theory of Hobbes.
Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity
Title | Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Hobbes |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 1999-03-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780521596688 |
This volume presents the famous seventeenth-century debate on freedom between Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall.
Leviathan
Title | Leviathan PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Hobbes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Political science |
ISBN |
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hobbes and Leviathan
Title | Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hobbes and Leviathan PDF eBook |
Author | Glen Newey |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2008-01-07 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1134591683 |
Hobbes is one of the most important figures in the history of ideas and political thought and his book Leviathan is widely recognized as one of the greatest works of political philosophy. In this GuideBook Glen Newey offers a balanced guide to this key text that explores both its historical and philosophical aspects. The author introduces: the relevance of Hobbes' ideas to modern political thought the major interpretations of Leviathan Hobbes' life and the background of Leviathan The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hobbes and Leviathan is the ideal introduction for students who wish to understand more about this important philosopher and this classic work of philosophy.
Leviathan
Title | Leviathan PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Hobbes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, first published in 1904, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Rethinking Hobbes and Kant
Title | Rethinking Hobbes and Kant PDF eBook |
Author | Chia-Yu Chou |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2016-07-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317064151 |
Rethinking Hobbes and Kant argues that predominant approaches to the theoretical relationship between Hobbes and Kant have reached conclusions that were pre-digested in assumptions about the ‘isms’ which these two writers are propounding. Chou shows how these assumptions have inhibited commentators from recognising the affinities between Hobbes’s and Kant’s political philosophies, or, if they have, prevented them from providing a plausible explanation of those affinities. To provide a fresh understanding of the relation between Hobbes and Kant, this book examines and compares what they actually wrote about some central conceptions in political theory, as it becomes visible once the assumptions out of which they are formed are set aside. Chou argues that what matters is that that we reflect upon our own assumptions, and that we have at least some conscious awareness that the assumptions of our day were not held all the time and everywhere, and that we do not reify them into crude models which distort the thought of the past and the present in equal measure. This book therefore seeks to bring into the arena of conscious thought assumptions which are deeply rooted in many modern minds and which work to distort many current studies of the relationship between Hobbes’ and Kant’s political philosophies, with negative consequences for the understanding of Hobbes, of Kant, and of politics itself. Providing a fresh understanding of the relation between Hobbes and Kant, this book will be of great use for graduates and scholars of Political Theory, Philosophy and Political Sociology.