Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy /
How modern philosophers use and perpetuate myths about prehistory The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, the primordial nature of inequality and war - why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? And are they talking about a Stone Age that really ha...
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2019
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Modern political philosophy and prehistoric anthropology : some preliminary issues
- The Hobbesian hypothesis : how a colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of government
- John Locke and the Hobbesian hypothesis : how a similar colonial prejudice became an essential premise in the most popular justification of private property rights
- The Hobbesian hypothesis in eighteenth-century political theory
- The Hobbesian hypothesis in nineteenth-century political theory
- The Hobbesian hypothesis in contemporary political theory
- The Hobbesian hypothesis in anthropology
- Nasty and brutish? An empirical assessment of the violence hypothesis
- Are you better off now than you were 12,000 years ago? An empirical assessment of the Hobbesian hypothesis
- Implications.