{"product_id":"the-elements-of-representation-in-hobbes-aesthetics-theatre-law-and-theology-in-the-construction-of-hobbess-theory-of-the-state-9789004181748","title":"The Elements of Representation in Hobbes: Aesthetics, Theatre, Law, and Theology in the Construction of Hobbes's Theory of the State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommentators have traditionally constructed Hobbes's thinking on representation too narrowly, as a self-contained area of his political theory. This book challenges this orthodoxy of Hobbes scholarship, which owes less to Hobbes’s thought than to contemporary preconceptions of what counts as political thinking. In her powerful and original analysis, Mónica Brito Vieira mines neglected strands of Hobbes's theory of representation, and reinstates it in a much wider pattern of Hobbes’s theorizing about human thought and action in relation to widely varied images, roles and fictions. The result is a compelling portrait of how man's natural power to form representations through the imagination and artifice underpins his capacity to break away from nature, and fashion a world that best suits his needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Le livre de Monica Brito Vieira représente une contribution importante à la discussion contemporaine sur la conception hobbesienne de la notion de représentation. [...] Brito Vieira démontre de manière convaincante que la conception hobbesienne de la représentation ne peut se réduire à l’interprétation de son aspect juridique.\" Luka Ribarevic, Archives de Philosophie (2012) Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 365-367.  Knjiga Mónice Brito Vieire jedan je od najvažnijih doprinosa suvremenoj raspravi o Hobbesovoj znanosti o politici. Luka Ribarević, Politicka misao 47:1 (2010) 245-251.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroductory Note List of Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Editions  Introduction  1. Aesthetic Representation      Introduction      Resemblance vs. Representation      Representations or Perceptual Images      Images of God      The Sovereign as Image      Images of Saints      The Eucharist: Presence or Representation?      Metaphors as Representations      The Representation of Objects in Perspective      Conclusion  2. Dramatic Representation      Introduction: Hobbes and the Theatre      The Man and the Person      The World as Stage      Dis\/simulating with Others      Actors and Hypocrites      Religious Play-Acting and the Power of Crowds      ‘Quixotic’ Personalities and Republican Men      Theatre of Politics      The Powers of Theatre      The Politics of Theatre      Conclusion  3. Juridical Representation      Introduction      The Elemental View      Representation by Fiction      The State as Person      Representing the Covenant into Being      The Representativeness of the Sovereign      Parliament as Representation      The Dangers of Subordinate Representation      The State’s Many Guises      Conclusion  4. Representation in Theology      Introduction      Three Persons as Three Representatives      Three Persons as Three Roles      Revisions in Response to Critics       The Trinity as Political Analogy   Conclusion  Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210616955223,"sku":"9789004181748","price":139.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-elements-of-representation-in-hobbes-aesthetics-theatre-law-and-theology-in-the-construction-of-hobbess-theory-of-the-state-9789004181748","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}