{"product_id":"reason-and-rhetoric-in-the-philosophy-of-hobbes-paperback-9780521596459","title":"Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes (Paperback) 9780521596459","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn outstanding new interpretation of Hobbes, one of the most difficult and challenging of political philosophers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eQuentin Skinner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521596459, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 June 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Quentin Skinner's Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes is a monumental work which has joined his earlier two-volume Foundations of Modern Political Thought (1978) as a massive contribution to our understanding of late medieval and early modern political theory.' London Review of Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eQuentin Skinner presents a fundamental reappraisal of the political theory of Hobbes. Using, for the first time, the full range of manuscript as well as printed sources, it documents an entirely new view of Hobbes's intellectual development, and re-examines the shift from a humanist to a scientific culture in European moral and political thought. By examining Hobbes's philosophy against the background of his humanist education, Professor Skinner rescues this most difficult and challenging of political philosophers from the intellectual isolation in which he is so often discussed. This book presents a splendid exemplification of the 'Cambridge' contextual approach to the study of intellectual history with which Professor Skinner himself is especially associated. It will be of interest and importance to a wide range of scholars in history, philosophy, politics, and literary theory. Professor Skinner has been awarded the Balzan Prize Life Time Achievement Award for  Political Thought, History and Theory. Full details of this award can be found at http:\/\/www.balzan.it\/News_eng.aspx?ID=2474.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Classical Eloquenc e in Renaissance England: 1. The study of rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e 2. The politics of eloquence\u003cbr\u003e 3. The means of persuasion\u003cbr\u003e 4. The techniques of redescription\u003cbr\u003e 5. The uses of imagery\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Hobbes and the Idea of a Civil Science: 6. Hobbes's early humanism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hobbes's rejection of eloquence\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hobbes's science of politics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Hobbes's reconsideration of eloquence\u003cbr\u003e 10. Hobbes's practice of rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: why did Hobbes change his mind?\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001339990296,"sku":"9780521596459","price":27.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521596459i_2a7d9608-90e9-4eeb-9c6d-05af96b25d9a.jpg?v=1691370200","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reason-and-rhetoric-in-the-philosophy-of-hobbes-paperback-9780521596459","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}