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 | | Freedom, Equality, Power: The Ontological Consequences of the Political Philosophies of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau (Studies in European Thought) by Piotr Hoffman ISBN-10: 9780820441252 ISBN-10: 0-8204-4125-2 ISBN-13: 9780820441252 ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-4125-2 Hardcover 1999-03 Peter Lang Publishing Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description The concept of power shapes both the political philosophy and the general worldview of the modern age. For this reason, two areas of philosophy-ontology and political philosophy-which were hitherto treated separately, must be brought together. Freedom, Equality, Power brings out the ontological framework shared by the political philosophies of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. In the last chapter (The Ontological Consequences), the author uses the results of his earlier analyses as the stepping stone for developing some themes belonging to ontology in general. | ||
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clarity! a welcome change this book includes one of the most helpful accounts of the connection between the 'social contract'and the 'second discourse'in rousseau's philosophy that i've ever read. hoffman is clear and to the point, but manages, at the same time, to bring up original and insightful points about the rousseauian project. i highly recommend it. | ||