New article on Hobbes’s philosophy of science
A new entry by Marcus Adams on Hobbes’s philosophy of science in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP).
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New Article: The Political Theology of Betrayal: Hobbes’ Uzzah, and Schmitt’s Hobbes
In this article Feisal G. Mohamed explores the links between Thomas Hobbes’s legal theory and Carl Schmitt’s reception of what he called the “protection- obedience axiom”.
New Article: Materialism and Right Reason in Hobbes’s Political Treatises: A Troubled Foundation for Civil Science
A new article by Andrea Bardin on materialism and right reason in Hobbes’s political philosophy.
New Article: Hobbes’s great divorce. Civil religion in comparative and historical perspective
A new article on Hobbes and religion.
Six chapters on Hobbes in: Paganini, Curiosity and the Passions of Knowledge
A book on the passions of knowledge from Montaigne to Hobbes contains six chapters on Hobbes.
New Article: The natural kingdom of God in Hobbes’s political thought
In Leviathan, Hobbes outlines the concept of the ‘Kingdome of God by Nature’ or ‘Naturall Kingdome of God’, terms rarely found in English texts at the time. This article traces the concept back to the Catechism of the Council of Trent (1566), which sets forth a threefold understanding of God’s kingdom – the kingdoms of nature, grace, and glory – none of which refer to civil commonwealths on earth. Hobbes abandons this Catholic typology and transforms the concept of the natural kingdom of God to advance a claim often missed by his interpreters: Leviathan-states are the manifestation of a real, not metaphorical, kingdom of God. This argument plays a key role in Leviathan, which identifies the kingdom of God as the Christian doctrine most subject to abuse. Hobbes harshly criticizes Catholic and Presbyterian clergy for claiming to represent God’s kingdom. This claim, he argues, comes with the subversive implication that the church possesses spiritual and temporal authority, and caused great turmoil during the English Civil War. As an alternative, Hobbes points to civil commonwealths as the manifestation of God’s natural kingdom, which is the only form his kingdom currently takes.
New Article: War by Other Means? Incentives for Power Seekers in Thomas Hobbes’s Political Philosophy
A new article addressing the problem of the power seeker and the role of honor in Hobbes’s political philosophy.
Workshop on “Hobbes & Gender” in Erlangen
Workshop on “Hobbes & Gender” – short summary.
New Article: Rethinking the sexual contract. The case of Thomas Hobbes
Focusing on Hobbes’s construction of the mother–child relationship, this article suggests that the subjugation of the mother to the father epitomizes the neutralization of the ancient principle of ‘governance’, which he replaces with a novel concept of ‘power’ as formally authorized command.
New Book: Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law by Kody W. Cooper (University of Notre Dame Press)
New book by Kody W. Cooper challenging an interpretation of Hobbes as advancing a moral and political theory that is antithetical to classical natural law theory.
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