{"product_id":"the-platonian-leviathan-9781442616004","title":"The Platonian Leviathan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Hobbes's influential political treatise, \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e, was first published in 1651. Many scholars have since credited him with a mechanistic outlook towards human nature that established the basis of modern Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory. In \u003cem\u003eThe Platonian Leviathan\u003c\/em\u003e, Leon Harold Craig weaves together philosophy, political science, and literature to offer a radical re-interpretation of Hobbes's most famous work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Craig begins and concludes his analysis with discussions of Herman Melville's \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e and includes an essay on Joseph Conrad's \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, the bulk of his two-part commentary centres on \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e. Part One shows the overt principles of Hobbes's political prescription to be untenable, and strongly suggests that Hobbes himself did not subscribe to these rules, using them only as tools to further his philosophical goals. In Part Two, Craig displays the underlying Platonism of Hobbes's thinking. Sure to be controversial, \u003cem\u003eThe Platonian Leviathan \u003c\/em\u003emay nonetheless re-orient the future direction of Hobbes scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leon Harold Craig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442616004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraig, Leon Harold:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLeon Harold Craig\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45056842629235,"sku":"9781442616004","price":84.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_197a6e91-4b95-4dfe-98b7-8710958b3633.jpg?v=1780164199","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-platonian-leviathan-9781442616004","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}