Ted H. Miller - Mortal Gods Science, Politics, and the Humanist
| Schrijver: | Ted H. Miller |
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| Titel: | Mortal Gods Science, Politics, and the Humanist Ambitions of Thomas Hobbes |
| ISBN: | 9780271048918 |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Uitgever: | Penn State Press |
| Bijzonderheden: | Goed, 2011, Linnen band met stofomslag, 338p |
| Prijs: | € 65,00 |
| Verzendkosten: | € 3,50 (binnen Nederland) |
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According to the commonly accepted view, Thomas Hobbes began his intellectual career as a humanist, but his discovery, in midlife, of the wonders of geometry initiated a critical transition from humanism to the scientific study of politics. In Mortal Gods, Ted Miller radically revises this view, arguing that Hobbes never ceased to be a humanist. While previous scholars have made the case for Hobbes as humanist by looking to his use of rhetoric, Miller rejects the humanism/mathematics dichotomy altogether and shows us the humanist face of Hobbes&’s affinity for mathematical learning and practice. He thus reconnects Hobbes with the humanists who admired and cultivated mathematical learning&—and with the material fruits of Great Britain&’s mathematical practitioners. The result is a fundamental recasting of Hobbes&’s project, a recontextualization of his thought within early modern humanist pedagogy and the court culture of the Stuart regimes. Mortal Gods stands as a new challenge to contemporary political theory and its settled narratives concerning politics, rationality, and violence.
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