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Hobbes's philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behaviour as perceived by rational agents and the detached analysis of conflict by a political geometer .

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Acknowledgements Abbreviations to Hobbes's Works Quoted in the Text Introduction: The Political Geometry of Glory PART I: ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Coordinates of Man: Time and Space Fatal Equality The Axiom of Glory Glory: Parallels and Intersections Ambition: Paradoxes and Puzzles The Dilemma of Fear and Hope The Trajectory of Glory Glory and the Excellent Sex The Determinants of the Citizen: Nature and Nurture PART II: THEOREMS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Rational Actor at Play Hobbes's Impossibility Theorem The Ideology of Political Geometry End Notes Selected Bibliography Name Index

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 5/15/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780333726426, 978-0333726426
      ISBN10: 0333726421
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      Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Hobbes's philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behaviour as perceived by rational agents and the detached analysis of conflict by a political geometer .

      Trade Review

      'This may well be the most impressive new book on Hobbes appearing over the past two decades or more.' - Political Studies



      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Abbreviations to Hobbes's Works Quoted in the Text Introduction: The Political Geometry of Glory PART I: ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Coordinates of Man: Time and Space Fatal Equality The Axiom of Glory Glory: Parallels and Intersections Ambition: Paradoxes and Puzzles The Dilemma of Fear and Hope The Trajectory of Glory Glory and the Excellent Sex The Determinants of the Citizen: Nature and Nurture PART II: THEOREMS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Rational Actor at Play Hobbes's Impossibility Theorem The Ideology of Political Geometry End Notes Selected Bibliography Name Index

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