Lessons from a materialist thinker : Hobbesian reflections on ethics and politics /
Frost, Samantha.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,
c2008.
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Carefully elaborating Hobbes' materialist ontology, Samantha Frost challenges both our implicit Cartesian assumptions about the self and the commonplace Hobbes that so readily figures in our political imagination.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hobbes and the matter of self-consciousness -- Hobbes and the caprice of reason -- The time of determination : movement, will, and action -- The ethics in determinism : inter-subjectivity, the collective, and peace -- The action and passion of politics : Hobbes on power.
Carefully elaborating Hobbes' materialist ontology, Samantha Frost challenges both our implicit Cartesian assumptions about the self and the commonplace Hobbes that so readily figures in our political imagination.
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
Ethics.
Political science
Materialism.