Hobbes Against Friendship: The Modern Marginalisation of an Ancient Political Concept - Couverture rigide

Slomp, Gabriella

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030953149 ISBN 13 : 9783030953140

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022

Synopsis

This book explores why and how Thomas Hobbes - the 17th century founder of political science -- contributed to the modern marginalisation of 'friendship', a concept that stood in the foreground of ancient moral and political thought and that is currently undergoing a revival. The study shows that Hobbes did not question the occurrence of friendship; rather, he rejected friendship as an explanatory and normative principle of peace and cooperation. Hobbes's stance was influential because it captured the spirit of modernity- its individualism, nominalism, practical scepticism, and materialism. Hobbes's legacy has a bearing on contemporary debates about civic, international and global friendship.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gabriella Slomp is Professor of International Political Theory, University of St Andrews, UK. Former editor of Hobbes Studies, she is the author of Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory (2000); editor of Thomas Hobbes (2008); co-editor (with R. Prokhovnik) of International Political Theory after Hobbes (2011).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030953149
• ISBN 13: 9783030953140
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 178
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