Research Catalog

Title

Leviathan : or the matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill / Thomas Hobbes ; edited and with an introduction by Ian Shapiro.

Author

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Shapiro, Ian

Description

xxiii, 583 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

Hobbes' 'Leviathan' is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Written in a time of great political turmoil, 'Leviathan' is an argument for obedience to authority grounded in an analysis of human nature.

Series Statement

Rethinking the Western tradition

Uniform Title

Rethinking the Western tradition

Alternative Title

Matter, forme, and power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill

Subject

• Hobbes, Thomas > Leviathan
• Political science > Early works to 1800
• State, The > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Early works

Note

• With essays by John Dunn, David Dyzenhaus, Elisabeth Ellis, Bryan Garsten -- title page

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: reading Hobbes today / by Ian Shapiro -- Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill / by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury -- The politics of imponderable and potentially lethal judgment for mortals: Hobbes's legacy to the understanding of modern politics / by John Dunn -- Hobbes's constitutional theory / by David Dyzenhaus -- The received Hobbes / by Elisabeth Ellis -- Religion and representation in Hobbes / by Bryan Garsten.

ISBN

• 9780300118384
• 0300118384

OCLC

• 449853478
• SCSB-12142049

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library