Hobbes and modern political thought /

Reveals the Hobbesian origins of contemporary political concerns, especially the relationships between state, individual and law. Yves Charles Zarka shows you how Hobbes established the framework for modern political thought. Discover the origin of liberalism in the Hobbesian theory of negative libe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zarka, Yves Charles (Author)
Other Authors: Griffith, James (Assistant Professor) (Translator, author of introduction.)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
French
Published: Edinburgh : University Press 2016.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1bh2j4z
Table of Contents:
  • Translator's Introduction; Foreword, 1. Journey: To the Foundations of Modern Politics; Part I. Individual and State: 2. Gracián's Hero and Hobbes's Antihero; 3. The Hobbesian Idea of Political Philosophy; Part II. Language and Power: 4. Theory of Language; 5. The Semiology of Power; Part III. Fundamental Concepts of Politics: 6. On War; 7. On Law; 8. On Property; 9. On the State; 10. On the Right to Punish; Part IV. Hobbes According to Two Contemporaries: 11. Hobbes and Filmer: Regnum Patrimoniale and Regnum Institutivum; 12. Hobbes and Pascal: Two Models of the Theory of Power; Conclusion: Hobbes's Contribution; Bibliography.