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Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory

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  • © 2000

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  1. Gabriella Slomp

    1. University of St Andrews, Scotland

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The Political Geometry of Glory

    1. Introduction: The Political Geometry of Glory

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 1-8

  3. Elements of Political Geometry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Co-ordinates of Man: Time and Space

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 11-21

    3. Fatal Equality

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 22-30

    4. The Axiom of Glory

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 31-44

    5. Glory: Parallels and Intersections

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 45-57

    6. Ambition: Paradoxes and Puzzles

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 58-73

    7. The Dilemma of Fear and Hope

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 74-83

    8. The Trajectory of Glory

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 84-96

    9. Glory and the Excellent Sex

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 97-107

    10. The Determinants of the Citizen: Nature and Nurture

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 108-117

  4. Theorems of Political Geometry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Rational Actor at Play

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 121-139

    3. Hobbes’s Impossibility Theorem

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 140-154

    4. The Ideology of Political Geometry

      • Gabriella Slomp
      Pages 155-173

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 174-194
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About this book

Hobbes's philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behaviour as perceived by rational agents and the detached analysis of conflict by a political geometer . The author solves some long-standing problems in Hobbesian political philosophy (e.g., the role of glory, Hobbes' pessimism) and shows the consistency of Hobbes' attempt to derive absolutism as the only stable political association. Although based on extensive textual analysis of Hobbes' works and correspondence, the book is an exercise in political philosophy that students will find iconoclastic and experts challenging.

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'This may well be the most impressive new book on Hobbes appearing over the past two decades or more.' - Political Studies

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  • University of St Andrews, Scotland

    Gabriella Slomp

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Gabriella Slomp is Lecturer in Political Theory, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

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