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The Bloomsbury Companion to Hobbes
Author(s): S.A. Lloyd (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441190457
- ISBN-13: 9781441190451
Book Description
This comprehensive and accessible guide to Hobbes’s life and work features 120 specially commissioned entries written by a team of leading experts in the field of seventeenth-century philosophy and political thought, covering every aspect of Hobbes’s ideas. The Companion presents a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics in Hobbes’s work, in particular within the fields of language, political philosophy, moral philosophy and psychology, religion, law and science. It concludes with a thoroughly comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources. This is an essential reference tool for anyone working in the fields of seventeenth-century philosophy and political theory.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“An excellent resource, one that most historians of modern political thought and most contemporary political theorists will want to consult regularly.” –Christopher W. Morris, Professor of Philosophy at University of Maryland, USA
“Thomas Hobbes represents a turning point and a change of paradigm in the western political theory vis-à-vis the secular Aristotelian tradition of politics. The Hobbesian Moment has been the object of an important revival of studies in the last 30 years, notably in the Anglo-American world. The contributions of this volume draw an exhaustive map of the results of this recent research. The book is an impressive and original contribution to the contemporary Hobbesian scholarship illuminating all the important aspects of his extraordinary work.” –Pasquale Pasquino, Global Distinguished Professor in Politics at New York University, USA
“A useful reference, with commentary, for upper-level courses on Hobbes and modern philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates.” –T.L. Lott, San José State University, CHOICE
