Thomas Hobbes - Turning Point for Honor

Informationen zum Autor Laurie M. Johnson Bagby is associate professor in the department of political science at Kansas State University and author ofHobbes's Leviathan;Political Thought: A Guide to the Classics; andThucydides, Hobbes, and the Interpretation of Realism. Klappentext Laurie Johnson Bagby examines the loss of the appreciation for honor in modern Western society through an examination of the political philosophy of English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes. She finds in Hobbes's thought a 'turning point for honor,' in which honor is rejected as too dangerous, and fear and self-interest are put in its place as the chief means of peace and good order. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. What Honor Meant to Hobbes Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Gentlemen and Martyrs Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Fear and Self-Preservation Chapter 5 Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Laurie M Johnson Bagby, Laurie M. Johnson Bagby, Collectif
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2009
• EAN: 9780739126370
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2637-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education