Hobbes Against Friendship
The Modern Marginalisation of an Ancient Political Concept
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published:1st Apr '22
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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.
ISBN: 9783030953140
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168 pages
1st ed. 2022