Leviathan: Authoritative Text : Backgrounds Interpretations - Couverture souple

Hobbes, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393967980 ISBN 13 : 9780393967982

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 1996

Synopsis

Backgrounds includes writings on Hobbes's life; selections from his responses to criticism of the book; and criticism and reactions to the work by Sir Robert Filmer, James Harrington, Bishop Bramhall, Edward Hyde (the earl of Clarendon), Gottfried Wilheim Leibniz, Montesquieu, and Henry Sedgwick.

Interpretations collects eight of the most important assessments of Hobbes and Leviathan written in the last forty years, including writings by Leo Strauss, Michael Oakeshott, Johann P. Sommerville, Richard Tuck, Jean Hampton, David Johnston, George Kateb, and Richard E. Flathman.

Also included in this edition are a Selected Bibliography, Glossary of Terms, and Index of Authorities Cited in the work.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Richard E. Flathman is George Armstrong Kelly Memorial Profesor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, where he has taught since 1976. His many books include Thomas Hobbes: Skepticism, Individuality and Chastened Politics; Willful Liberalism: Individuality and Volunteerism in Liberal Theory and Practice; and The Practice of Political Authority

David Johnston is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1986. He is the author of The Idea of a Liberal Theory: A Critique and Reconstruction and The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393967980
• ISBN 13: 9780393967982
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Flathman Richard, Johnston David
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible