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The elements of representation in Hobbes : aesthetics, theatre, law, and theology in the construction of Hobbes's theory of the state /

Commentators have traditionally constructed Hobbes's thinking on representation too narrowly, as a self-contained area of his political theory. This book challenges this orthodoxy of Hobbes scholarship, which owes less to Hobbesa (TM)s thought than to contemporary preconceptions of what counts...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brito Vieira, Mónica
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2009.
Series:Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 2.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory Note; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Editions; Introduction; 1. Aesthetic Representation; 2. Dramatic Representation; 3. Juridical Representation; 4. Representation in Theology; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.