New article on the Rhetoric of Hobbes’s Translation of Thucydides
This new article uncovers a series of surprising and unconventional renderings in Thomas Hobbes’s translation of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War.
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Impressions of the Third Biennial Conference of the European Hobbes Society
From 18-20 Nov 2021, 15 scholars from 10 different countries and for the first time 8 graduate students from the University of Zagreb gathered together in the old and beautiful Mediterranean city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, for the Third Biennial Conference of the European Hobbes Society. As always, it was a joy to see familiar faces as well as to introduce new ones.
New collection of essays: A Companion to Hobbes
A Companion to Hobbes is an expertly curated collection of essays offering close textual engagement with the thought of Thomas Hobbes in his major works while probing his ideas regarding natural philosophy, mathematics, human nature, civil philosophy, religion, and more.
Programme of the Third Biennial EHS Conference (Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik 18-20th November 2021)
The European Hobbes Society met for its Third Biennial Conference, held at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, 18-20 November 2021.
New anthology: Early Modern Philosophy
This anthology contains the works of forty-three philosophers and balances classic philosophical texts with texts by philosophers historically excluded from the canon.
New article on liberty and representation in Hobbes
This new article by Andrea Bardin analyses Hobbes’s definitions of liberty in “De cive” and the concept of representation in “Leviathan”. These concepts reveal tensions in Hobbes’s political anthropology that only a study of the development of his philosophical materialism can fully elucidate.
New article: Hobbes on treason and fundamental law
This article by Laurens van Apeldoorn considers Hobbes’ contribution to the development of constitutionalist thought by contextualizing his treatment of the concepts of treason and fundamental law in De cive (1642, 2nd ed. 1647) and Leviathan (1651).
New article on automata in Hobbes
A new article by Ziyaad Bhorat, arguing that there are three heads of Hobbesian automata emerging from (i) the texts he translated, (ii) the mechanical artifices that surrounded him, and (iii) the physiology he greatly appreciated.
Latest issue of Hobbes Studies
A new issue of Hobbes Studies is available – including articles by David Lay Williams and Laurens van Apeldoorn in a Research Symposium on Political Economy, introduced by Katherine M. Robiadek.
New article on Hobbes and the Normativity of Democracy
In this article Christopher Holman suggests that Hobbes’s opposition to democratic life constitutes the central frame through which we must understand some of the most important theoretical mutations that occur throughout the various stages of his civil science.
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