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Leviathan

Or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill. Rethinking the Western Tradition

Edited by Ian Shapiro
By (author) Thomas Hobbes
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Yale University Press, United States
Published: 27th Jul 2010
Dimensions: w 140mm h 210mm d 38mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN-10: 0300118384
ISBN-13: 9780300118384
Barcode No: 9780300118384
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Written by Thomas Hobbes and first published in 1651, Leviathan is widely considered the greatest work of political philosophy ever composed in the English language. Hobbes's central argument-that human beings are first and foremost concerned with their own fears and desires, and that they must relinquish basic freedoms in order to maintain a peaceful society-has found new adherents and critics in every generation. This new edition, which uses modern text and relies on large-sheet copies from the 1651 Head version, includes interpretive essays by four leading Hobbes scholars: John Dunn, David Dyzenhaus, Elisabeth Ellis, and Bryan Garsten. Taken together with Ian Shapiro's wide-ranging introduction, they provide fresh and varied interpretations of Leviathan for our time.

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"One of the greatest works of political theory ever written. . . . An ingenious account of the modern state and its intellectual foundations. . . . [Editor Ian] Shapiro has done well here and found some shrewd commentators."-Jeffrey Collins, The Wall Street Journal * The Wall Street Journal *