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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 100 EAN: 9781843710264 ISBN: 1843710269 Label: Thoemmes Continuum Manufacturer: Thoemmes Continuum Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 800 Publication Date: November 01, 2003 Publisher: Thoemmes Continuum Studio: Thoemmes Continuum Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In their substantial introduction, the editors examine all previous editions of Leviathan, throwing light on its history, calling into question the assumptions of previous editors, and thus providing an entirely new picture of its production. Through these new perspectives they are able to offer the first complete critical edition, one that takes proper account of the book's publishing history and of Hobbes's own wishes. The result is as definitive an edition of Leviathan as modern scholarship can provide. Book Description: Hobbes' Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Richard Tuck's edition has been recognized as the single most accurate and authoritative text since its publication. This revised edition includes a much-amplified and expanded introduction. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A ClassicWhile not written yesterday, this classical treatise on politics and society is still as relevant today as it has always been. Required reading on Political Science degree courses the World over, it is almost unthinkable that any serious (or even casual) student of the field would deprive themselves of its insights. Not always the easiest of reads, it, never the less, rewards the reader more than adequately with its insights and observations. Rating:  - Fun Theory, Obsolete PracticeI'll preface this review by saying that I've only read Books I-II of Leviathan (about half), but as a close friend recently told me, "That may be a new record." Although the title refers to the ideal leader of state, it could easily be attributed to the book itself; it's a truly exhaustive, and exhausting, development of Hobbes' theory of political government, and it took me more than 2 months to sort through the first 400-odd pages. Besides its girth, the first thing that I would say ... Read More Rating:  - DO NOT BUY THIS CLASSIC IN THIS EDITION!!!!This is not a review of the work itself. One comment only: surprisingly enough, the editor of this volume, the 'world renowned' Richard Tuck DOES NOT PROVIDE NOTES, please pay attention: the book was originally published in 1651 (or something) but nevertheless the so called Hobbes scholar does not provide scholarly notes... and this is supposed to be a 'student's edition'... ha ha Shame on you, Mr. Tuck! Rating: - What to do with Modern WorldThis huge work is the foundation of classical liberalism; it is the basis for Locke, for Smith, and all economic neo-liberalists all the way up to the current period. Written during the English Reformation, Hobbes was confronted with the problem of absolute individualism; he begins this work of political theory with a demolishment of objective truth swift enough to impress any post-modernist. He then proceeds to demonstrate the logical conclusion of man in a state of nature, and compels the modern ... Read More Rating: - Book for High SchoolMy stepson needed this book for class and he really enjoyed it. 
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