Prehistoric myths in modern political philosophy : challenging Stone Age stories /

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How modern philosophers use and perpetuate myths about prehistory. The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, the primordial nature of inequality and war - why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? And are they talking about a Stone Age that really h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Widerquist, Karl (Author), McCall, Grant S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Political science > Philosophy.
History, Ancient > Philosophy.
History > Errors, inventions, etc.
Histoire ancienne > Philosophie.
Histoire > Erreurs, inventions, etc.
Biography and True Stories.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Modern political philosophy and prehistoric anthropology: some preliminary issues
  • The Hobbesian hypothesis: how a colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of government
  • John Locke and the Hobbesian hypothesis: how a similar colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of private property rights
  • The Hobbesian hypothesis in eighteenth-century political theory
  • The Hobbesian hypothesis in nineteenth-century political theory
  • The Hobbesian hypothesis in contemporary political theory
  • The Hobbesian hypothesis in anthropology
  • Nasty and brutish? An empirical assessment of the violence hypothesis
  • Are you better off now than you were 12,000 years ago? An empirical assessment of the Hobbesian hypothesis
  • Implications.

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