Prehistoric myths in modern political philosophy / / Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Widerquist Karl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh University Press, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 320.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science - Philosophy
History, Ancient - Philosophy History - Errors, inventions, etc |
Soggetto non controllato |
Political Science
State of nature property rights appropriation social contract theory state authority inequality equality origin of government Anthropology Hunter-gatherer John Locke Stateless society Thomas Hobbes |
ISBN |
1-4744-3096-1
0-7486-7869-7 0-7486-7867-0 1-4744-3120-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modern political philosophy and prehistoric anthropology: some preliminary issues -- The Hobbesian hypothesis: how a colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of government -- John Locke and the Hobbesian hypothesis: how a similar colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of private property rights -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in eighteenth-century political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in nineteenth-century political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in contemporary political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in anthropology -- Nasty and brutish? An empirical assessment of the violence hypothesis -- Are you better off now than you were 12,000 years ago? An empirical assessment of the Hobbesian hypothesis -- Implications -- References -- Index. |
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The state of nature : histories of an idea / / edited by Mark Somos and Anne Peters |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill Nijhoff, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 pages) |
Disciplina | 340.112 |
Collana | History of European Political and Constitutional Thought |
Soggetto topico |
Nature and civilization
Natural law Fictions (Law) |
Soggetto non controllato | State of nature |
ISBN | 90-04-49962-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Mark Somos and Anne Peters -- 1 Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Melian Dialogue -- Benjamin Straumann -- 2 Missing Terms in English Geographical Thinking, 1550-1600 -- Mary C. Fuller -- 3 Do Shepherds Live in a State of Nature? From Peculium to Civilization -- Francesca Iurlaro -- 4 After Vitoria Natural Law and the Spanish Ideology of Empire -- Daniel S. Allemann -- 5 Fleeing " Polyphemus 's Den" Locke's State of Nature as Sanctuary -- Ioannis Evrigenis -- 6 Invisible People The State of Nature in Hugo Grotius' Account of Global Legal Order -- Emile Simpson -- 7 From the State of Nature to the State of Economy Pufendorf on Commerce and Natural Law -- David Singh Grewal -- 8 The State of Nature, the Family and the State -- Simone Zurbuchen -- 9 Written in the Hearts of People? Natural and International Law during the Age of Enlightenment -- Edward J. Kolla -- 10 From Natural Equality to Frankpledge The State of Nature, Ancient Constitutionalism, and the Rupture of the Social Contract in Eighteenth-Century Antislavery Writings -- Sarah Winter -- 11 From the State of Nature to the Natural State Transforming the Foundations of Science and Civil Progress in Eighteenth-Century British Political Thought -- Pamela Edwards -- 12 Their Own State(s) of Nature The Enlightenment Social Imaginary and the Invention of Hungarian Ethnic Origins -- László Kontler -- 13 The Place of the Environment in State of Nature Discourses Reassessing Nature, Property and Sovereignty in the Anthropocene -- Tom Sparks -- 14 The State of Nature, Prehistory, and Mythmaking -- Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall -- Index.
Introduction / Mark Somos and Anne Peters -- Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Melian dialogue / Benjamin Straumann -- Missing terms in English geographical thinking, 1550-1600 / Mary C. Fuller -- Do shepherds live in a state of nature? : from peculium to civilization / Francesca Iurlaro -- After Vitoria : natural law and the Spanish ideology of empire / Daniel S. Allemann -- Fleeing "Polyphemus's den" : Locke's state of nature as sanctuary / Ioannis Evrigenis -- Invisible people the state of nature in Hugo Grotius' account of global legal order / Emile Simpson -- From the state of nature to the state of economy : Pufendorf on commerce and natural law / David Singh Grewal -- The state of nature, the family and the state / Simone Zurbuchen -- Written in the hearts of people? : natural and international law during the age of enlightenment / Edward J. Kolla -- From natural equality to frankpledge : the state of nature, ancient constitutionalism, and the rupture of the social contract in eighteenth-century antislavery writings / Sarah Winter -- From the state of nature to the natural state : transforming the foundations of science and civil progress in eighteenth-century British political thought / Pamela Edwards -- Their own state(s) of nature : the enlightenment social imaginary and the invention of Hungarian ethnic origins / László Kontler -- The place of the environment in state of nature discourses : reassessing nature, property and sovereignty in the Anthropocene / Tom Sparks -- The state of nature, prehistory, and mythmaking / Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795551403321 |
Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill Nijhoff, , [2022] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The state of nature : histories of an idea / / edited by Mark Somos and Anne Peters |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill Nijhoff, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 pages) |
Disciplina | 340.112 |
Collana | History of European Political and Constitutional Thought |
Soggetto topico |
Nature and civilization
Natural law Fictions (Law) |
Soggetto non controllato | State of nature |
ISBN | 90-04-49962-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Mark Somos and Anne Peters -- 1 Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Melian Dialogue -- Benjamin Straumann -- 2 Missing Terms in English Geographical Thinking, 1550-1600 -- Mary C. Fuller -- 3 Do Shepherds Live in a State of Nature? From Peculium to Civilization -- Francesca Iurlaro -- 4 After Vitoria Natural Law and the Spanish Ideology of Empire -- Daniel S. Allemann -- 5 Fleeing " Polyphemus 's Den" Locke's State of Nature as Sanctuary -- Ioannis Evrigenis -- 6 Invisible People The State of Nature in Hugo Grotius' Account of Global Legal Order -- Emile Simpson -- 7 From the State of Nature to the State of Economy Pufendorf on Commerce and Natural Law -- David Singh Grewal -- 8 The State of Nature, the Family and the State -- Simone Zurbuchen -- 9 Written in the Hearts of People? Natural and International Law during the Age of Enlightenment -- Edward J. Kolla -- 10 From Natural Equality to Frankpledge The State of Nature, Ancient Constitutionalism, and the Rupture of the Social Contract in Eighteenth-Century Antislavery Writings -- Sarah Winter -- 11 From the State of Nature to the Natural State Transforming the Foundations of Science and Civil Progress in Eighteenth-Century British Political Thought -- Pamela Edwards -- 12 Their Own State(s) of Nature The Enlightenment Social Imaginary and the Invention of Hungarian Ethnic Origins -- László Kontler -- 13 The Place of the Environment in State of Nature Discourses Reassessing Nature, Property and Sovereignty in the Anthropocene -- Tom Sparks -- 14 The State of Nature, Prehistory, and Mythmaking -- Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall -- Index.
Introduction / Mark Somos and Anne Peters -- Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Melian dialogue / Benjamin Straumann -- Missing terms in English geographical thinking, 1550-1600 / Mary C. Fuller -- Do shepherds live in a state of nature? : from peculium to civilization / Francesca Iurlaro -- After Vitoria : natural law and the Spanish ideology of empire / Daniel S. Allemann -- Fleeing "Polyphemus's den" : Locke's state of nature as sanctuary / Ioannis Evrigenis -- Invisible people the state of nature in Hugo Grotius' account of global legal order / Emile Simpson -- From the state of nature to the state of economy : Pufendorf on commerce and natural law / David Singh Grewal -- The state of nature, the family and the state / Simone Zurbuchen -- Written in the hearts of people? : natural and international law during the age of enlightenment / Edward J. Kolla -- From natural equality to frankpledge : the state of nature, ancient constitutionalism, and the rupture of the social contract in eighteenth-century antislavery writings / Sarah Winter -- From the state of nature to the natural state : transforming the foundations of science and civil progress in eighteenth-century British political thought / Pamela Edwards -- Their own state(s) of nature : the enlightenment social imaginary and the invention of Hungarian ethnic origins / László Kontler -- The place of the environment in state of nature discourses : reassessing nature, property and sovereignty in the Anthropocene / Tom Sparks -- The state of nature, prehistory, and mythmaking / Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823121303321 |
Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill Nijhoff, , [2022] | ||
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