Publication

2020 - de Gruyter GmbH, Walter

Language

English

Word Count

50,500 words, Guess

Page Count

202 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139783110681369
  • ISBN-103110681366
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020942054
  • OCLC Control Number1193277502
  • Better World Books9783110681369
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCJC153.H52 B7413 2020

Description

Horst Bredekamp's subject is the surprising resonance of the image of the embodied state that dominates the frontispiece to Leviathan: the treatise on humanity in its "political" dimension published in 1651 by the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Opening with a succinct exposition of how intimately this image is related to some of the fundamental themes addressed by Hobbes, Bredekamp then rigorously pursues the art-historical question of the authorship of the title-page. In the central chapters, the frontispiece is assessed in relation both to venerable visual and intellectual traditions and to some of the scientific innovations of the mid-17th century. The conclusion is devoted to the importance of several of the most far-reaching preoccupations of Hobbes as a profound and original thinker.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes, His Embodied State, Its Contexts and Sourcesde Gruyter GmbH, Walter2020-01-01

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