Leviathan
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-286874-9 (ISBN)
'He that is to govern a whole Nation, must read inhimself, not this, or that particular man; but Man-kind.'
Thomas Hobbes's Leviathanis not just one of the greatest philosophicaltexts in the English language; it is one of the most important works in thehistory of Western political thought. Almost every major tradition in thecenturies after Hobbes - from radical democracy to authoritarianism - hasbeen influenced by its arguments. Written in exile in a period of dramaticdevelopments - civil war and regicide - Leviathanis in some ways theproduct of its own special circumstances. And yet, at the same time,it deals with fundamental issues that matter to all of us today: the natureand purpose of the state, the relation between human nature and politics,the idea of natural rights, the justification of authority, the concept ofrepresentation, the nature of sovereignty, the limits of obedience, andthe relationship between religious obligations and human ones.
This new edition offers a definitive text drawn from more than twentyyears of research by Noel Malcolm, including, in English translation, allthe most significant revisions made in Hobbes's later Latin translation of Leviathan, as well as extensive explanatory notes that elucidate Hobbes'slanguage and identify the many Biblical, classical, and other allusionsthat are scattered through his text.
Noel Malcolm studied History and English Literature at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He began his career as a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; he was then political columnist and, subsequently, Foreign Editor of the Spectator. In 1999 he was a lecturer at Harvard and gave the Carlyle Lectures at Oxford in 2001. Since 2002 he has been a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and at Cambridge an Honorary Fellow of Peterhouse, Trinity, and Gonville and Caius. He was knighted in 2014 for services to scholarship, journalism, and European history.
General Introduction
Textual Introduction
Selected Further Reading
How to Use This Edition
Abbreviations
Leviathan
Translation of Ch. 9 of the Latin Leviathan
Translation of Ch. 46 of the Latin Leviathan
Translation of Ch. 47 of the Latin Leviathan
Translation of the Appendix to the Latin Leviathan: Ch. 1
Translation of the Appendix to the Latin Leviathan: Ch. 2
Translation of the Appendix to the Latin Leviathan: Ch. 3
Explanatory Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.9.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford World's Classics |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 199 mm |
| Gewicht | 568 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-286874-8 / 0192868748 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-286874-9 / 9780192868749 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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