Leviathan: authoritative text, backgrounds, interpretations
Presents an annotated edition of Thomas Hobbes's seventeenth-century work of political philosophy in which he addresses the idea that obedience to authority, especially in the form of a large bureaucracy such as the political state, is a part of human nature; and includes background writings and critical essays.
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- Full title :Leviathan : authoritative text, backgrounds, interpretations / Thomas Hobbes ; edited by Richard E. Flathman, David Johnston.
Summary
Presents an annotated edition of Thomas Hobbes's seventeenth-century work of political philosophy in which he addresses the idea that obedience to authority, especially in the form of a large bureaucracy such as the political state, is a part of human nature; and includes background writings and critical essays.
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- Publication Date:©1997.
- Edition:First Edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1997.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 381 pages ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0393967980, 9780393967982
- oclc:ocm33207273
- LC Classification:JC153
- Dewey Decimal:320.1
Table of Contents
The text of Leviathan -- Backgrounds. Hobbes's life ; Hobbes's self-defense ; Reactions to Hobbes -- Interpretations.
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