Thomas Hobbes (Hardcover)

Series IntroductionSeries Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Hobbes's Life Early Life Employment as a Humanist Hobbes and the New Science Philosopher in Exile Return to England Last Years Conclusion: life and philosophy Chapter 2. Hobbes's Civil Philosophy Introduction The nature of Hobbes's political thought Hobbes's Works Human Nature: Reason, Knowledge, Imagination, and Passion Man, Born Unfit for Society The Condition of Mere Nature The Laws of Nature Persons, Authors, Representation, and the State The Creation of the State Through Mutual Covenants Types of Sovereignty The Rights and Duties of the Sovereign Liberty Under the Sovereign The Life of the Commonwealth The Fool The Death of the Commonwealth Conclusion: The Science of Natural Justice Chapter 3. Reception and Interpretation Introduction Hobbism and Atheism Hobbes's Disciples Human Nature and the State of Nature Social Contract and the State Obligation and Law Hobbes as a Theorist of Bourgeois Society Hobbes and the Prisoner's Dilemma Hobbes the Sceptic Hobbes and Rhetoric Conclusion: Understanding Hobbes Chapter 4. Hobbes Today New Leviathan and Totalitarianism Back to Nature Hobbes and Contemporary Conservatism Liberal Before Liberalism Conclusion Suggested Further Reading Hobbes's Life Hobbes's Works Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, and Language Theology Ethics and Political Thought Reception BibliographyIndex