History and Modernity in the Thought of Thomas Hobbes / / Robert Kraynak.
Robert Kraynak offers a radical reinterpretation of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes and a new assessment of Hobbes's contribution to the origins and problems of modernity. The author argues that it is necessary to examine a neglected facet of Hobbes's thought—his writings on history...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1990 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The History of Barbarism and Civilization -- 2. The Behemoth: Doctrinal Politics and the English Civil War -- 3. The Methodical Analysis of Opinion -- 4. The Science of Enlightenment -- 5. The Enlightened Mind and the Science of Nature -- 6. The Enlightened Mind and the Science of Politics -- 7. Absolute Sovereignty and the End of Doctrinal Warfare -- 8. The Dogmatism of the Enlightenment and the New Doctrinal Politics -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Robert Kraynak offers a radical reinterpretation of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes and a new assessment of Hobbes's contribution to the origins and problems of modernity. The author argues that it is necessary to examine a neglected facet of Hobbes's thought—his writings on history, especially Behemoth, his lengthy study of the English Civil War. Through a close reading of these works, Kraynak shows how Hobbes came to consider the possibility of a new kind of political science, one that is supremely confident of the power of critical reason to overcome the authorities of the past to build a new form of civilization yet uncertain about reason's foundations. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501745997 9783110536171 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501745997 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert Kraynak. |