Thomas Hobbes (Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers, Vol. 1)
Robin E. R. Bunce, R. E. R. Bunce, John Meadowcroft
In this volume, Dr Bounce (University of Cambridge) introduces Hobbes' ambitious philosophical project to discover the principles that govern the social world. Although we may dispute Hobbes' immodest assessment that he successfully attained this goal, Bunce nevertheless captures the extraordinary enduring value of Hobbes' work for the contemporary reader. Thomas Hobbes's name and the title of his most famous work, Leviathan, have come to be synonymous with the idea that the natural state of humankind is 'nasty, brutish, and short' and only the intervention of a munificent overlord may spare men and women from this unenviable fate by imposing order where there would otherwise be chaos. The problem that Hobbes formulated resonates through the centuries as the enduring dilemma of political organisation and social cooperation. Indeed it can be seen today in fields as diverse as theoretical game theory and international relations.
년:
2009
판:
1
출판사:
Continuum International Publishing Group
언어:
english
페이지:
176
ISBN 10:
0826429793
ISBN 13:
9780826429797
시리즈:
Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers 1
파일:
PDF, 968 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2009