Hobbes and the Artifice of Eternity
Author:   Christopher Scott McClure (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107153790


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   27 October 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Christopher Scott McClure (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781107153790


ISBN 10:   1107153794
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   27 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. The desire for immortality as a political problem; 2. The effectual truth of Hobbes's rhetoric; 3. Leviathan as a scientific work of art; 4. The hollow religion of Leviathan; 5. Hell and anxiety in Hobbes's Leviathan; 6. War, madness and death: the paradox of honor in Hobbes's Leviathan; 7. Self-interest rightly understood in Behemoth: the case of General Monck; 8. The afterlife and immortality.

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Christopher Scott McClure is an independent scholar. His research focuses on the history of Western political thought, particularly the ancient and early modern periods. He has published a variety of articles, most recently in The Journal of Politics and The Review of Politics.

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