R. G. Collingwood (late Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philoso

The New Leviathan

Or Man, Society, Civilization and Barbarism
Herausgeber: Boucher, David

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Produktbeschreibung

David Boucher's introduction shows that The New Leviathan and The Idea of History are integrally related and that neither can be properly understood independently of the other. He is also concerned to show how many of Collingwood's ideas have a contemporary relevance, and that his ideas on barbarism are not so unusual as they might at first appear. 'A strange and fascinating book ...The publication of this handsome new edition of The New Leviathan ...is a welcome event.' Political Studies 'In his respectful and informative introduction David Boucher shows how The New Leviathan and the additional material appended to it fit in with Collingwood's thought as a whole.' History of Political Thought 'Throughout, the Introduction displays Boucher's usual mastery of the material, serious and probing approach, and judicious appraisal.' Collingwood Studies.

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This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Revised ed
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780198238805
• ISBN-10: 0198238800
• Artikelnr.: 22349091

Autorenporträt

R. G. Collingwood was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy in the University of Oxford from 1935 to 1941.

Inhaltsangabe

* Editor's Introduction
Preface to the First Edition
THE NEW LEVIATHAN (Part I: Man
Part II: Society
Part III: Civilization
Part IV: Barbarism)
Appendix 1: Goodness, Rightness, Utility
Appendix 2: What 'Civilization' Means
Index.