Subverting the Leviathan: Reading Thomas Hobbes as a Radical Democrat

by James Martel

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In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes's landmark work on political philosophy, James Martel argues that although Hobbes pays lip service to the superior interpretive authority of the sovereign, he consistently subverts this authority throughout the book by returning it to the reader.

Martel demonstrates that Hobbes's radical method of reading not only undermines his own authority in the text, but, by extension, the authority of the sovereign...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231139845

ISBN13:9780231139847

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality

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