Subverting the Leviathan : reading Thomas Hobbes as a radical democrat /

"In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes's landmark work on political philosophy, James R. Martel argues that although Hobbes pays lip service to the superior interpretive authority of the sovereign, he consistently subverts this authority throughout the book by returning it to the reader."--Jack...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martel, James R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Hobbes, Thomas, > 1588-1679. > Leviathan.
Leviathan (Hobbes, Thomas)
Political science > Philosophy.
Science politique > Philosophie.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Leviathan or the matter, form and power of a commonwealth ecclesiastical and civil (Hobbes)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hobbes's use of rhetoric
  • Public and private reading
  • A skeptical theology?
  • False idols and political representation
  • The true covenant
  • "The fellowship of the Holy Spirit"
  • Conclusion: Politics without sovereignty.

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