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

Gabriella Slomp

ISBN 10: 3030953173 / ISBN 13: 9783030953171

Published by Birkhäuser, 2023

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Hobbes Against Friendship | The Modern Marginalisation of an Ancient Political Concept | Gabriella Slomp | Taschenbuch | International Political Theory | x | Englisch | 2023 | Birkhäuser | EAN 9783030953171 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hobbes Against Friendship | The Modern Marginalisation of an Ancient Political Concept
• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030953173
• ISBN 13: 9783030953171
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 11D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 241 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).