Hobbes Against Friendship

Hobbes Against Friendship
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9783030953157
ISBN-13 : 3030953157
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Book Synopsis Hobbes Against Friendship by : Gabriella Slomp

Download or read book Hobbes Against Friendship written by Gabriella Slomp and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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