Christopher Watkin

Gebundenes Buch

The State of Nature and the Shaping of Modernity

Tracing the Roots of Colonialism, Secularity, and Ecology

Beschreibung

""By exploring the distinct accounts of the state of nature in the writing of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, this book offers a fresh perspective on some of the most pressing debates of our time, showing how the state of nature idea provides a powerful lens through which to focus the complex forces shaping today's political and cultural landscape.""-- Provided by publisher.

Autor

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Christopher Watkin is the author of French Philosophy Today (2016), Michel Serres: Figures of Thought (2020) and the multi-award winning Biblical Critical Theory (2022). He convenes the Social Contract Research Network, and edits the 'Crosscurrents' series with Edinburgh University Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 379
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009670463
• ISBN-10: 1009670468
• Artikelnr.: 73858799