Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy.

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This book looks at how modern philosophers pass on myths about prehistory.Why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, and the primordial nature of inequality and war are popular topics in political philosophy,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Widerquist, Karl (Autor), McCall, Grant (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico Software eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh University Press 20170131.
Temas:
History > Errors, inventions, etc.
History, Ancient > Philosophy.
Political science > Philosophy.
Histoire > Erreurs, inventions, etc.
Histoire ancienne > Philosophie.
Politics & government.
HISTORY / Civilization.
History, Ancient > Philosophy
Political science > Philosophy
Political Science
State of nature
property rights
appropriation
social contract theory
state authority
inequality
equality
origin of government
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 2 MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY: SOME PRELIMINARY ISSUES
  • Chapter 3 THE HOBBESIAN HYPOTHESIS: HOW A COLONIAL PREJUDICE BECAME AN ESSENTIAL PREMISE IN THE MOST POPULAR JUSTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT
  • Chapter 4 JOHN LOCKE AND THE HOBBESIAN HYPOTHESIS: HOW A SIMILAR COLONIAL PREJUDICE BECAME AN ESSENTIAL PREMISE IN THE MOST POPULAR JUSTIFICATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS
  • Chapter 5 THE HOBBESIAN HYPOTHESIS IN EIGHTEENTHCENTURY POLITICAL THEORY
  • Chapter 6 THE HOBBESIAN HYPOTHESIS IN NINETEENTHCENTURY POLITICAL THEORY
  • Chapter 7 THE HOBBESIAN HYPOTHESIS IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY
  • Chapter 8 THE HOBBESIAN HYPOTHESIS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
  • Chapter 9 NASTY AND BRUTISH? AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE VIOLENCE HYPOTHESIS
  • Chapter 10 ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN YOU WERE 12,000 YEARS AGO? AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE HOBBESIAN HYPOTHESIS
  • Chapter 11 IMPLICATIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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