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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Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Widerquist, Karl (Údar), McCall, Grant S. (Údar)
Formáid: Leictreonach Ríomhleabhar
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
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Clár na nÁbhar:
  • 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.