Hobbes and Republican Liberty

Informationen zum Autor Quentin Skinner is one of the leading historians in the world and Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext A dazzling comparison of two rival theories about the nature of human liberty. Zusammenfassung Quentin Skinner is one of the foremost historians in the world! and in Hobbes and Republican Liberty he offers a dazzling comparison of two rival theories about the nature of human liberty. This book complements Professor Skinner's Liberty before Liberalism! and is a work of similar breadth and power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Preface; 1. Introductory: Hobbes's humanist beginnings; 2. The Elements of Law: liberty described; 3. The Elements of Law: liberty circumscribed; 4. De cive: liberty defined; 5. Leviathan: liberty redefined; 6. Liberty and political obligation; Bibliographies; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Quentin Skinner, Skinner Quentin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521886765
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88676-5
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 224 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Political science & theory, Political science and theory