Description
In Leviathan, Hobbes created the idea of a "social contract" and set out to explicate a doctrine for the foundation of states and legitimate forms of government. In On Hobbes, Ryan explains how he created the secular conception of the state and politics in one of the first truly modern works of political philosophy. Ryan explicates how current notions of individual rights, sovereignty, representative government and almost all liberal political theory find their foundation in Hobbes.
About the Author
Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.
Book Information
ISBN 9780871408488
Author Alan Ryan
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 234g
Dimensions(mm) 183mm * 114mm * 20mm
About the Author
Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.
Book Information
ISBN 9780871408488
Author Alan Ryan
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 234g
Dimensions(mm) 183mm * 114mm * 20mm
