Hobbes Against Friendship : The Modern Marginalisation of an Ancient Political Concept

Gabriella Slomp

ISBN 10: 3030953149 / ISBN 13: 9783030953140

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book explores why and how Thomas Hobbes - the 17th century founder of political science -- contributed to the modern marginalisation of 'friendship', a concept that stood in the foreground of ancient moral and political thought and that is currently undergoing a revival. The study shows that Hobbes did not question the occurrence of friendship; rather, he rejected friendship as an explanatory and normative principle of peace and cooperation. Hobbes's stance was influential because it captured the spirit of modernity- its individualism, nominalism, practical scepticism, and materialism. Hobbes's legacy has a bearing on contemporary debates about civic, international and global friendship.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hobbes Against Friendship : The Modern Marginalisation of an Ancient Political Concept
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030953149
• ISBN 13: 9783030953140
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 15D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 353 grams

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Synopsis

This book explores why and how Thomas  Hobbes – the 17th century founder of political science -- contributed to the modern marginalisation of ‘friendship’, a concept that stood in the foreground of ancient moral and political thought  and that is  currently undergoing a revival. The study shows that Hobbes did not question the occurrence of friendship; rather, he rejected friendship as an explanatory and normative principle of peace and cooperation. Hobbes’s stance was influential because it captured the spirit of modernity- its individualism, nominalism, practical scepticism, and materialism. Hobbes’s legacy has a bearing on contemporary debates about civic, international and global friendship.  

About the Author

Gabriella Slomp is Professor of International Political Theory, University of St Andrews, UK. Former editor of Hobbes Studies, she is the author of Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory (2000); editor of Thomas Hobbes (2008);  co-editor (with R. Prokhovnik) of  International Political Theory after Hobbes (2011).