Leviathan

Leviathan

9780141395098
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Hobbes, Thomas

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'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short'

Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemporaries, and his book was publicly burnt for sedition the moment it was published. But his penetrating work of political philosophy opened up questions about the nature of statecraft and society that influenced governments across the world.

Edited with an Introduction by Christopher Brooke



PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9780141395098
BY (AUTHOR) Hobbes, Thomas, EDITED BY Brooke, Christopher
PUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd PUBLICATION DATE : July 27, 2017
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Penguin Classics
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 197 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 461 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
History & Archaeology
Philosophy & Religion
Society & Social Sciences

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