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Hobbes on Resistance
Defying the Leviathan
Author: Sreedhar Susanne
An interpretation of Hobbes's philosophy that focuses on political disobedience and demonstrates the existence of a Hobbesian theory of resistance.
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Publication date: 09-2013
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Publication date: 09-2013
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Hobbes on resistance: defying the leviathan
Publication date: 09-2010
192 p. · 15.8x23.5 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 09-2010
192 p. · 15.8x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Hobbes's political theory has traditionally been taken to be an endorsement of state power and a prescription for unconditional obedience to the sovereign's will. In this book, Susanne Sreedhar develops a novel interpretation of Hobbes's theory of political obligation and explores important cases where Hobbes claims that subjects have a right to disobey and resist state power, even when their lives are not directly threatened. Drawing attention to this broader set of rights, her comprehensive analysis of Hobbes's account of political disobedience reveals a unified and coherent theory of resistance that has previously gone unnoticed and undefended. Her book will appeal to all who are interested in the nature and limits of political authority, the right of self-defense, the right of revolution, and the modern origins of these issues.
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Hobbes's right of self-defense; 2. The true liberties of subjects; 3. Limited obedience to an unlimited sovereign; 4. Is Leviathan a 'Rebel's Catechism'?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Susanne Sreedhar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. Her main research area is the history of political thought, especially in the early modern period, and her work has been published in Political Theory. This is her first book.
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