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The opinion of mankind: sociability and the theory of the state from Hobbes to Smith/ Paul Sagar.

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dc.contributor.author Sagar Paul.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-26T21:41:56Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-26T21:41:56Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Sagar Paul. The opinion of mankind: sociability and the theory of the state from Hobbes to Smith - Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2018 - 1 online resource (x, 248 pages) - URL: https://libweb.kpfu.ru/ebsco/pdf/1628449.pdf
dc.identifier.isbn 9781400889808
dc.identifier.isbn 1400889804
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/178749
dc.description.abstract How David Hume and Adam Smith forged a new way of thinking about the modern stateWhat is the modern state? Conspicuously undertheorized in recent political theory, this question persistently animated the best minds of the Enlightenment. Recovering David Hume and Adam Smith's long-underappreciated contributions to the history of political thought, The Opinion of Mankind considers how, following Thomas Hobbes's epochal intervention in the mid-seventeenth century, subsequent thinkers grappled with explaining how the state came into being, what it fundamentally might be, and how it could claim rightful authority over those subject to its power. Hobbes has cast a long shadow over Western political thought, particularly regarding the theory of the state. This book shows how Hume and Smith, the two leading lights of the Scottish Enlightenment, forged an alternative way of thinking about the organization of modern politics. They did this in part by going back to the foundations: rejecting Hobbes's vision of human nature and his arguements about our capacity to form stable societies over time. In turn, this was harnessed to a deep reconceptualization of how to think philosophically about politics in a secular world. The result was an emphasis on the "opinion of mankind," the necessary psychological basis of all political organization. Demonstrating how Hume and Smith broke away from Hobbesian state theory, The Opinion of Mankind also suggests ways in which these thinkers might shape how we think about politics today, and in turn how we might construct better political theory.
dc.description.tableofcontents Introduction -- Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chaper 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Sociability -- History and the family -- The state without sovereignty -- Rousseau's return to Hobbes -- Adam Smith's political theory of opinion -- Alternatives and applications.
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press
dc.subject.other Hobbes -- 1588-1679. -- Thomas
dc.subject.other Hume -- 1711-1776. -- David
dc.subject.other Smith -- 1723-1790. -- Adam
dc.subject.other Hobbes -- 1588-1679. -- Thomas
dc.subject.other Hume -- 1711-1776. -- David
dc.subject.other Smith -- 1723-1790. -- Adam
dc.subject.other State, The.
dc.subject.other Political science -- History.
dc.subject.other POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
dc.subject.other POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
dc.subject.other POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
dc.subject.other POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
dc.subject.other Political science.
dc.subject.other State, The.
dc.subject.other Electronic books.
dc.subject.other History.
dc.title The opinion of mankind: sociability and the theory of the state from Hobbes to Smith/ Paul Sagar.
dc.type Book
dc.description.pages 1 online resource (x, 248 pages)
dc.collection Электронно-библиотечные системы
dc.source.id EN05CEBSCO05C223030


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