Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Social Contract TheoristsCondition: NewSubtitle: Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and RousseauISBN-10: 0847689077EAN: 9780847689071ISBN: 9780847689071Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/23/1998Description: This reader introduces students of philosophy and politics to the contemporary critical literature on the classical social contract theorists: Thomas Hobbes (1599-1697), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Twelve thoughtfully selected essays guide students through the texts, familiarizing them with key elements of the theory, while at the same time introducing them to current scholarly controversies. A bibliography of additional work is provided. The classical social contract theorists represent one of the two or three most important modern traditions in political thought. Their ideas dominated political debates in Europe and North America in the 17th and 18th centuries, influencing political thinkers, statesmen, constitution makers, revolutionaries, and other political actors alike. Debates during the French Revolution and the early history of the American Republic were often conducted in the language of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Later political philosophy can only be understood against this backdrop. And the contemporary revival of contractarian moral and political thought, represented by John Rawls' A Theory of Justice (1971) or David GauthierOs Morals by Agreement (1986), needs to be appreciated in the history of this tradition.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 226mmItem Length: 149mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 345gContributor: Christopher W. Morris (Edited by), David Gauthier (Contributions by), Gregory S. Kavka (Contributions by), A John Simmons (Contributions by), John Charvet (Contributions by), M M. Goldsmith (Contributions by), Patrick Riley (Contributions by), Joshua Cohen (Contributions by), Arthur Ripstein (Contributions by), Jean Hampton (Contributions by)Genre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Critical Essays on the Classics SeriesTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityAuthor: A John SimmonsRelease Year: 1998 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Social Contract Theorists
Title: The Social Contract Theorists
Subtitle: Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
ISBN-10: 0847689077
EAN: 9780847689071
ISBN: 9780847689071
Release Date: 12/23/1998
Release Year: 1998
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Jean Hampton (Contributions by)
Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series
Book Title: Social Contract Theorists : Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 1998
Topic: History & Surveys / General, European / French, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Sociology / General, Individual Philosophers, History & Theory, Political
Genre: Literary Criticism, Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science
Item Weight: 12.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: John Charvet
Book Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
