The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation

by David Johnston

Overview

The description for this book, The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation, will be forthcoming.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691023175
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	08/21/1989
Series:	Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy , #28
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

The best writings on Hobbes have always been those that boldly sought to unify the warring elements in his thought. Professor Johnston has written a book belonging to this category. It is unquestionably essential reading for anyone seriously interested in Hobbes.

International Hobbes Association Newsletter - Timothy Fuller

With this lucid, perceptive, and original work, David Johnston . . . moves into the forefront of students of Hobbes.

Perspective - Roger W. Smith

. . . a new Leviathan has sailed into view. . . . The Rhetoric of Leviathan presents an original and suggestive interpretation of Hobbes's political thought. Indeed, it is the best book on Hobbes in recent years, and, hopefully, it will help to redirect Hobbes scholars toward new paths of interpretive exploration. More importantly, it ought to be read by anyone interested in exploring 'the ideological or cultural foundations of political power,' and the ways in which political theorists contribute to or seek to undermine those foundations.

Albion - Richard Ashcraft

The best writings on Hobbes have always been those that boldly sought to unify the warring elements in his thought. Professor Johnston has written a book belonging to this category. It is unquestionably essential reading for anyone seriously interested in Hobbes.
— Timothy Fuller

International Hobbes Association Newsletter

With this lucid, perceptive, and original work, David Johnston . . . moves into the forefront of students of Hobbes.
— Roger W. Smith

Perspective

. . . a new Leviathan has sailed into view. . . . The Rhetoric of Leviathan presents an original and suggestive interpretation of Hobbes's political thought. Indeed, it is the best book on Hobbes in recent years, and, hopefully, it will help to redirect Hobbes scholars toward new paths of interpretive exploration. More importantly, it ought to be read by anyone interested in exploring 'the ideological or cultural foundations of political power,' and the ways in which political theorists contribute to or seek to undermine those foundations.
— Richard Ashcraft

Albion

". . . a new Leviathan has sailed into view. . . . The Rhetoric of Leviathan presents an original and suggestive interpretation of Hobbes's political thought. Indeed, it is the best book on Hobbes in recent years, and, hopefully, it will help to redirect Hobbes scholars toward new paths of interpretive exploration. More importantly, it ought to be read by anyone interested in exploring 'the ideological or cultural foundations of political power,' and the ways in which political theorists contribute to or seek to undermine those foundations."—-Richard Ashcraft, Albion

"With this lucid, perceptive, and original work, David Johnston . . . moves into the forefront of students of Hobbes."—-Roger W. Smith, Perspective

"The best writings on Hobbes have always been those that boldly sought to unify the warring elements in his thought. Professor Johnston has written a book belonging to this category. It is unquestionably essential reading for anyone seriously interested in Hobbes."—-Timothy Fuller, International Hobbes Association Newsletter

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