first class

advance reading

course
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grading

topics
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further reference

 

Political Science 404/515

"Hobbes' Leviathan and Modern Individualism"

Tuesday evenings,  6-9 pm : Winter session (Jan-April),  2004-05

 

Don Carmichael (Don.Carmichael@ualberta.ca)

 


 

NB: First Class  (Tues, Jan. 11)

 

The first class will be a full session (about 2 hrs), with a brief introductory lecture and the choice of essay topics and other assignments.  Students who are unable for any reason to attend this session should contact me before the class to discuss possible assignments.

 


 

Course Outline:

 

This course will be a seminar on Hobbes and contemporary individualism, using each to explore the other.  The seminar will proceed by a close reading of Leviathan (especially Parts 1 & II), focussing on the account of human nature, right and obligation, and then examining their implications for authority, law and statesmanship.

 

The course will be conducted as a seminar.  Students will be expected to contribute actively in discussions, and the seminar will be organized around the presentation and discussion of student papers.  After the first few weeks the required readings will not be extensive, but students will be expected to read them carefully and to supplement them with selections from recommended commentaries.

 

Two short seminar papers (5‑7 pp) will be required, plus a somewhat longer paper at the end of the term.  All papers should be analytical and "positional".  Brief digests (1‑2 pp) of the assigned readings will be required each week as an aid to critical reading and mastery of the text.  Each participant will be asked to open the discussion of one of the seminar papers with a brief commentary.

 

The seminar will be taught as a combined undergraduate (404) and graduate (515) course.  Requirements and expectations for the two groups will be different.  Graduate students will be expected to cover a wider range of Hobbes' works, and more of the recent secondary literature.

 

 

Grades*  

 

Essays : (3 @ equal weight)      80%

 

Contributions to the seminar:      20% (including commentary, normally weighted at 10%)

 

Reading digests are required each week before the seminar, with two weeks off on dates of one=s own choosing. These will be graded only as satisfactory/ unsatisfactory but they are a necessity and marks will be deducted from the final grade (up to two stanine equivalents) for missing digests.

 

Seminar contributions will be evaluated by the quality of oral contributions, including questions.  One can contribute effectively to the quality of a seminar without speaking much, or even at all.  Students who are uncomfortable speaking in public are invited to discuss alternative forms of seminar contribution  with me.

 

 

Texts:                    R. Tuck, Hobbes

                                                                                                                                                           

Hobbes= Leviathan: Supplementary  Readings (2005)  (coursepack)

 

Hobbes,  Leviathan ‑‑ ed A.P. Martinich  (Broadview Press)  Other editions (eg Curley) may be used but only if they number paragraphs in the same way as the Martinich edition. 

 

 

Essay Assignments

 

All essays should be terse, analytical, and "positional" ‑‑ arguing a definite thesis in relation to some aspect of the readings.  Students are encouraged to develop their own views in these essays ‑‑ eg, by contesting a specific claim in the text, or by arguing a rival thesis on the topic, or (in certain cases) by writing a critical response to a fellow student in the seminar.  The only requirement is that the essay argue a specific and explicitly stated thesis  ("In this essay I will argue that... ").

 

 

Essay Due Dates / Topics

 

essay # 1:         due Thurs, Feb 17 B on any aspect of the text or argument in Part One of Leviathan

(this deadline applies to everyone except those who do seminar papers in this period)

 

essay # 2:         due Thurs, March 24 B on any aspect of the text or argument in Parts 2 or 3 of Leviathan (this deadline does not apply to those who do seminar papers after Feb 17)

 

essay # 3:         due Thurs, April 14th  B on any aspect of the text or argument in Leviathan (with an extension to Monday, April 18th for those doing seminar papers after March 24th)

 

essays should be left in the General Office (Tory 10-16) by 4 pm on the due date.

 


 

Suggestions for Advance Reading

 

Students are urged in the first weeks of the seminar to familiarize themselves with Hobbes' life, works and times.  This is best done by examining the range of works in the Molesworth edition of Hobbes' works (Rutherford library : B 1203 1839), and by the following reading :

 

(1) an overview of Hobbes' life and works.  The best and most recent account is by Tuck (Hobbes); this will be required reading in first weeks of the seminar.  Among others, Peters (Hobbes) is probably the most readable, Robertson (Hobbes) is a classic, and other good "overview" accounts are by Goldsmith (Hobbes' Science of Politics), Laird (Hobbes) and Stephen (Hobbes).

 

(2) an account of Hobbes' "times".  I recommend Maurice Ashley,  England in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 9‑120;  this will be required reading in first weeks of the seminar. Hobbes' own account is Behemoth; the first dialogue (pp. 1‑59) is very interesting, but it presupposes some knowledge of the period.  Good accounts of Hobbes' "place" in his times are the books by Bowle (Hobbes and His Critics), Mintz (The Hunting of Leviathan), Robertson (Hobbes) and Ross (Hobbes in His Times), and the articles by Quentin Skinner.

 

(3) some appreciation of the range of recent interpretations, with some attention to the controversies among them.  A brief account can be found in Tuck (ch 3).  A more detailed account, but only up to 1976, can be found in Raphael, (Hobbes : Morals and Politics) chs. 7‑8.  The more recent literature is surveyed in my review article in CJPS (September, 1990).  Some of this literature is discussed in more detail by M.M. Goldsmith ("The Hobbes Industry") in Political Studies 39 (1991), 135‑147; I recommend this highly.

 

(4) two recent popular works convey a good and readable (non-academic) sense of the times: Ronan Bennett=s Havoc in Its Third Year (a novel) and Adam Nicolson=s God=s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.

 


 

 

TOPICS AND READINGS

 

Recommended readings are grouped together for each set of topics, with required readings indicated for each date. All required readings, apart from Tuck and Leviathan, are in the course reader.

 

 

PRELIMINARY

 

Students are urged in the first weeks of the seminar to familiarize themselves with Hobbes' life, works and times.  This is best done by examining the range of works in the Molesworth edition of Hobbes' works (Rutherford library : B 1203 1839), and by the following reading :

 

(1) an overview of Hobbes' life and works.  The best and most recent account is by Tuck (Hobbes); this will be required reading in first weeks of the seminar.  Among others, Peters (Hobbes) is probably the most readable, Robertson (Hobbes) is a classic, and other good "overview" accounts are by Goldsmith (Hobbes' Science of Politics), Laird (Hobbes) and Stephen (Hobbes).

 

(2) an account of Hobbes' "times".  I recommend Maurice Ashley,  England in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 9‑120;  this will be required reading in first weeks of the seminar. Hobbes' own account is Behemoth; the first dialogue (pp. 1‑59) is very interesting, but it presupposes some knowledge of the period.  Good accounts of Hobbes' "place" in his times are the books by Bowle (Hobbes and His Critics), Mintz (The Hunting of Leviathan), Robertson (Hobbes) and Ross (Hobbes in His Times), and the articles by Quentin Skinner.

 

(3) some appreciation of the range of recent interpretations, with some attention to the controversies among them.  A brief account can be found in Tuck (ch 3).  A more detailed account, but only up to 1976, can be found in Raphael, (Hobbes : Morals and Politics) chs. 7‑8.  The more recent literature is surveyed in my review article in CJPS (September, 1990).  Some of this literature is discussed in more detail by M.M. Goldsmith ("The Hobbes Industry") in Political Studies 39 (1991), 135‑147; I recommend this highly.

 

(4) two recent popular works convey a good and readable (non-academic) sense of the times: Ronan Bennett=s Havoc in Its Third Year (a novel) and Adam Nicolson=s God=s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.

 

 

Jan 11:      Introduction 

 

Recommended:   R. Tuck, Hobbes

M. Ashley, England in The Seventeenth Century, 9‑120.

See other suggestions under advance reading.

 

Jan  18:  Philosophical  foundations

 

Tuck, Hobbes, pp 40-50 (read first: it will help with the Hobbes chapters)

Leviathan,  The Introduction , ch. 1‑5.  

 

Ashley, England in The Seventeenth Century, 9‑120.  (required for background) 

Tuck, Hobbes, pp 1-39    (required for background) 

 

Digest:  Leviathan,  The Introduction , ch. 1‑5.

  

 

Jan  25: Human  nature  

 

Leviathan, ch. 6‑9.

Leviathan, chs 32-43 (Pt 3)  (required for background) 

 

Digest:  Leviathan, ch. 6‑9, with a brief summary of chs 32-43

 

 

Feb 1:    The  natural  condition of  mankind                                                                                     

 

Leviathan, ch. 10‑13.

Tuck, Hobbes, pp 51-124  (required for background) 

 

Digest:  Leviathan, ch. 10‑13

 

recommended: Johnson, AHobbes and The Wolf-Man@

 

 

Feb 8:    The argument reconsidered:  some interpretations  

       

Raphael, AInterpretations - II@

C.B. Macpherson, selections from "Introduction" (Penguin edition).

Hampton, AWhat is the Cause of Conflict in The State of Nature?@

 

Digest:  from now on, all required readings are to be digested unless otherwise indicated

 

 

Feb 15:  Morality:  the right and law of nature     (Lreminder: essay # 1 due  B  Thurs, Feb 17th )

 

Leviathan, ch. 14‑16.

 

Carmichael,  AThe Right of Nature in Leviathan@

Kavka, AConflict in The State of Nature@

 

 

Feb 23:  reading week

 

 

Mar  1:   The covenant,  authority  and  liberty                                                                                                                     

Leviathan, ch. 17‑23.  (nb ch. 21)

 

 

Mar 8:    Law,  crime, and  punishment 

 

Leviathan, ch. 24‑28.

 

 

Mar  15: Statesmanship

 

Leviathan, ch. 29‑30  

 

                                                                                    

Mar  22: the state & salvation   (Lreminder: essay # 2 due B  Thurs Mar 24th)

 

Leviathan, ch. 12, 31, 32 and 43                                                             

 

P. Johnson, ALeviathan=s Audience@                                                 

 

Review:    Leviathan, Part 3                                                        

 

 

Mar  29: Religion,  philosophy  &  power 

                                               

Leviathan, ch. 44‑47.

 

 

April  5:  Rhetoric &  the teaching of Leviathan   

 

Leviathan, "Review and Conclusion".

 

D. Johnston, "Plato, Hobbes, and The Science of Practical Reasoning

The Book of Job  (no digest) on line at  http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/KjvGene.html

 

 

April  12:      The teaching of Leviathan:  hobbesian  individualism 

 

Aristotle, Politics, Book 1, chs 1‑3.  (no digest) on line at:

 http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.1.one.html

The Bible, Genesis, chs 1‑4.  (no digest) on line at:                               http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/KjvGene.html

Strauss,   AOn The Spirit of Hobbes= Philosophy@ 

 

Review:    Macpherson, Hampton, Kavka

 

Thurs Apr 14th :   Final Essay Due

 


 

 

ADVANCED READING AND FURTHER REFERENCE

 

These supplementary readings are listed for those who might want to do further work on particular topics.  They are not required for the seminars or essays.

 

The following collections are referenced by their editors:

 

M. Bertman et Michel Malherbe (eds) Thomas Hobbes de la metaphysique a la politique

K. Brown (ed), Hobbes Studies

M. Dietz (ed), Thomas Hobbes and Political Theory

G.A.J. Rogers and A. Ryan (eds), Perpsectives on Thomas Hobbes

C. Walton and P. Johnson (eds), Hobbes's Science of Natural Justice

 

 

Philosophical foundations

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt.I, 1‑6  .

Hobbes, De Corpore.

Hobbes, Thomas White's "De Mundo" Examined.

 

T. Ball, "Hobbes' Linguistic Turn", Polity 17 (1985).

F. Brandt, Thomas Hobbes's Mechanical Conception of Nature.

C. Condren, Thomas Hobbes, ch 1-2.

Bernard Gert, “Hobbes on Reason”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2001)                                         

M.M. Goldsmith,  Hobbes's Science of Politics, 1‑2.

G. Herbert, Thomas Hobbes, 1‑3.

J. Laird,  Hobbes.

F.S. McNeilly,  The Anatomy of Leviathan, I (esp. ch 3‑4).

R.S. Peters,  Hobbes, 1‑3 .

G.C. Robertson,  Hobbes.

Rogers and Ryan: papers by Malcolm, Tuck and Sorell  .

T. Sorell, Hobbes, 1‑7.

T. Spragens Jr.,  The Politics of Motion.

L. Stephen,  Hobbes.

L. Strauss,  Hobbes' Political Philosophy.

Walton and Johnson: papers by Bhattacharya and Rudolph .

J.W.N. Watkins,  Hobbes's System of Ideas, 2nd ed.

 

 

Human nature

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt.I, ch. 7‑13 .

 

D. Baumgold, "Hobbes's Political Sensibility" in Dietz .

C. Condren, Thomas Hobbes, ch 3.

R.E. Ewin, “Hobbes on Laughter”, Philosophical Quarterly 51 (2001)

D.P. Gauthier,  The Logic of Leviathan, 1 .

B. Gert, "Reason and The Passions" in Bertman & Malherbe .

M.M. Goldsmith,  Hobbes's Science of Politics, 3.

G. Herbert, Thomas Hobbes, 4‑5.

P. Johnson, "Hobbes and the Wolf‑man" in Walton and Johnson (highly recommended) .

R.S. Peters,  Hobbes, 2, 6 .

F.S. McNeilly,  The Anatomy of Leviathan, 5.

 

 

The natural condition of mankind

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt.I, ch. 14 .

 

P. Caws (ed) The Causes of  Quarrel.

J. Hampton,  Hobbes & The Social Contract Tradition, 2‑3 .

G.S. Kavka,  Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory, 3‑4 .

C.B. Macpherson,  The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism, ch. 1‑2.

S.A. Lloyd, Ideals as Interests in Hobbes=s Leviathan.

F.S. McNeilly,  The Anatomy of Leviathan, 6‑7.

F. Tricaud, "Hobbes's Conception of The State of Nature", in Rogers and Ryan .

 

 

The argument reconsidered: some interpretations

 

I. Berlin,  "Hobbes, Locke and Professor Macpherson", Political Quarterly, 1964.

N. Bobbio, Thomas Hobbes and The Natural Law Tradition.

D. Boonin-Vail, Thomas Hobbes and The Science of Moral Virtue.

D.J.C. Carmichael,  "C.B. Macpherson's `Hobbes': A Critique", CJPS  XVI:1 (March, 1983), 61‑80, with Macpherson‑Carmichael "Replies", in CJPS  XVI:4 (Dec 1983).

R.E. Ewin, Virtues and Rights.

F.C. Hood,  The Divine Politics of Thomas Hobbes.

G.S. Kavka,  Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory

C.B. Macpherson,  The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism, pp 1‑70, 87‑106.

F.S. McNeilly,  Anatomy of Leviathan

J. Plamenatz,  Man and Society vol. I

M. Oakeshott,  Hobbes on Civil Association

Q. Skinner, "Hobbes's Leviathan", Historical Journal 7 (1964)

G. Slomp, Thomas Hobbes and The Political Philosophy of Glory.

L. Strauss, "On The Spirit of Hobbes' Political Philosophy", in Brown, Hobbes Studies , and Natural Right and History, pp. 166‑202.

L. Strauss,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

H. Warrender,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

 

 

Discussions of Recent Literature on Hobbes:

 

D.J.C. Carmichael, “Teaching Thomas Hobbes; A Review article,” Canadian Journal of Political Science: 23:3 (1990), 545-555

M.M. Goldsmith, “The Hobbes Industry”, Political Studies 39 (1991), 135-147.

D.D. Raphael,  Hobbes : Morals and Politics, 7-8.

 

 

Feminist Readings:

 

T. Brennan and C. Pateman, "Mere Auxiliaries to the Commonwealth: Women and The Origins of Liberalism", Political Studies 27:2 (1979).

R.A. Chapman, "Leviathan Writ Small: Thomas Hobbes on the Family", APSR 69:1 (1975).

R.W.K. Hinton, "Husbands, Fathers and Conquerors", Political Studies 16:1 (1968).

I. Makus, Women, Politics and Reproduction, chs 1,4,5.

S.M. Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, 197‑200.

G.J. Schochet, Patriarchalism in Political Thought.

C. di Stefano, Configurations of Masculinity, introduction.

J. Zvesper, "Hobbes' Individualistic Analysis of the Family", Politics 5:2 (1985).

 

 

Morality: the right and law of nature  

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt. I, chs. 15‑19 .

Hobbes, De Cive, 2‑4 .

 

B. Barry, "Warrender and His Critics", in Cranston and Peters (eds)  Hobbes and Rousseau.

N. Bobbio, Thomas Hobbes and The Natural Law Tradition.

D. Boonin-Vail, Thomas Hobbes and The Science of Moral Virtue.

K. Brown: papers on "right" by Wernham and Pennock, and on "obligation" by Brown, Taylor, Plamenatz & Warrender .

D.J.C. Carmichael, "The Right of Nature in Leviathan", Canadian Journal of Philosophy 18:2 (June,1988), 257‑270.

C.A.J. Coady, "The Peculiarity of Hobbes's Concept of Natural Right", in Walton and Johnson .

Jean Curthoys, “Thomas Hobbes, the Taylor Thesis and Alasdair Macintyre”, British Journal for the History of Philosophy 6 (1998)

R.E. Ewin, Virtues and Rights.

D.P. Gauthier,  The Logic of Leviathan

David Gauthier, “Hobbes: The laws of Nature”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2001)

F.C. Hood,  The Divine Politics of Thomas Hobbes.

G.S. Kavka,  Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory, 7‑8 .

S.A. Lloyd, Ideals as Interests in Hobbes=s Leviathan.

S.A. Lloyd, “Hobbes’ Self-Effacing Natural Law Theory”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2001)

F.S. McNeilly,  Anatomy of Leviathan, 7 (from p. 168), 8.

T. Nagel, "Hobbes's Concept of Obligation", Philosophical Review 68 (1959).

J. Plamenatz,  Man and Society vol. I, pp. 122‑148 .

M. Oakeshott,  Hobbes on Civil Association (ch. 1‑2)  .

D.D. Raphael,  Hobbes : Morals and Politics, 4‑5 .

D.D. Raphael, "Hobbes on Justice" in Rogers and Ryan .

Q. Skinner, "Hobbes's Leviathan", Historical Journal 7 (1964)

G. Slomp, Thomas Hobbes and The Political Philosophy of Glory.

Tom Sorell, “Hobbes and the Morality Beyond Justice” , Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2001)

L. Strauss, "On The Spirit of Hobbes' Political Philosophy", in Brown, Hobbes Studies , and Natural Right and History, pp. 166‑202.

L. Strauss,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

H. Warrender,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

 

 

The covenant,  authority and liberty

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt. I, ch 19; pt. II, 1‑5  .

Hobbes, De Cive, 5‑10 .

Hobbes, A Dialogue of The Common Laws of England, 53‑77.

 

I. Berlin,  "Two Concepts of Liberty".

C. Cantalupo, A Literary Leviathan.

D.P. Gauthier,  The Logic of Leviathan, ch. 4 .

Claire Finkelstein, “A Puzzle about Hobbes on Self-Defense”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2001)

D.P. Gauthier, "Hobbes's Social Contract", in Rogers & Ryan

M.M. Goldsmith,  Hobbes's Science of Politics, 5.

J. Hampton,  Hobbes & The Social Contract Tradition, 4‑8 .

John Harman, “Liberty, Rights and Will in Hobbes: A Reply to van Mill”,  The Journal of Politics 59 (1997)

G.S. Kavka,  Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory, 5‑6 .

Matthew H.Kramer, AFreedom, Unfreedom and Skinner's Hobbes@, Journal of Political Philosophy 9 (2001)

F.S. McNeilly,  The Anatomy of Leviathan, 9.

David van Mill, “Hobbes’s Theories of Freedom”, The Journal of Politics 57 (1995)

J. Plamenatz,  Man and Society, vol I, pp. 148‑154 .

R.S. Peters,  Hobbes, 8 .

David Runciman, “Debate: What Kind of Person is Hobbes's State? A Reply to Skinner”,  Journal of Political Philosophy 8 (2000)

G. Schochet, "Intending (Political) Obligation", in Dietz

Q. Skinner, "The Ideological Context of Hobbes's Political Thought", Historical Journal 9 (1966).

Q. Skinner, "Conquest and Consent: Thomas Hobbes and The Engagement Controversy", in G.E. Aylmer, (ed), The Interregnum.                                                                              

Quentin Skinner, AHobbes and the Purely Artificial Person of the State@,  Journal of Political Philosophy 7 (1999)             

C.D. Tarlton, "The Creation and Maintenance of Government: A Neglected Dimension of Hobbes's Leviathan", Political Studies 26 (1978).

 

 

Law, crime, and punishment 

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt. II, ch. 10  .

Hobbes, De Cive, 14 .

Hobbes, A Dialogue of The Common Laws of England.

 

S.I. Benn and R.S. Peters,  Social Principles and The Democratic State, ch. 3, 8 .

Bertman and Malherbe: papers by Bertman and Baumrin .

N. Bobbio, Thomas Hobbes and The Natural Law Tradition, chs 4-5.

D.J.C. Carmichael, "Hobbes on Natural Right in Society: The Leviathan Account", CJPS 13:1 (March 1990), 3‑22.

Mark C. Murphy, “Was Hobbes a Legal Positivist?”,  Ethics 105 (1995)

M. Oakeshott,  Hobbes on Civil Association, 1‑2.

Jeremy Waldron, “Hobbes and The Principle of Publicity”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2001)

Walton and Johnson: paper by Mathie, and also Mathie's critique of the May paper (especially recommended)  .

 

 

Statesmanship

 

Hobbes, Behemoth (especially Dialogue 1).

Hobbes, Introduction to his translation of Thucydides.

 

D. Baumgold, Hobbes's Political Theory.

R. Flathman, Thomas Hobbes: Skepticism, Individuality and Chastened Politics.

D. Johnston, The Rhetoric of Leviathan.

H. Mansfield Jr.,  "Hobbes and The Science of Indirect Government",  APSR 65 (1971),  pp. 97‑110.

W. Mathie,  "Rhetoric and Rationality in Hobbes's Leviathan".

F.S. McNeilly,  The Anatomy of Leviathan, 9.

M. Oakeshott,  Hobbes on Civil Association.

D.D. Raphael,  Hobbes : Morals and Politics, 7‑8 .

J. Steinberg, The Obesssion of Thomas Hobbes.

L. Strauss,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

 

 

State & salvation:

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt. II, ch. 6‑7 .

Hobbes, De Cive, 11, 15‑18 .

Hobbes, A Dialogue of The Common Laws of England: "Of Heresy"

 

C. Cantalupo, A Literary Leviathan.

P. Cooke, Hobbes and Christianity.

C. Condren, Thomas Hobbes, ch 4.

E.J. Eisenach, "Hobbes on Church, State, and Religion", History of Political Thought 3 (1982).

J. Farr, "Atomes of Scripture", in Dietz .

W.B. Glover, "God and Thomas Hobbes", in Brown .

R.J. Halliday et al, "Hobbes's Belief in God", Political Studies 31 (1983).

R.W. Hepburn,  "Hobbes and The Knowledge of God", in M. Cranston and R.S. Peters (eds),  Hobbes and Rousseau.

F.C. Hood,  The Divine Politics of Thomas Hobbes.

S.A. Lloyd, Ideals as Interests in Hobbes=s Leviathan.

A.P. Martinich, The Two Gods of Leviathan.

A. Pacchi, "Hobbes and The Problem of God", in Rogers and Ryan .

J.G.A. Pocock, "Time, History and Eschatology in The Thought of Thomas Hobbes", in Politics, Language and Time.

R. Rhodes, "The Test of Leviathan: Parts 3 and 4 and The New Interpretations", in Bertman and Malherbe .

A. Ryan, "A More Tolerant Hobbes?", in Susan Mendus (ed), Justifying Toleration.

L. Strauss,  "On The Spirit of Hobbes' Political Philosophy" in Natural Right and History, pp. 166‑202; also in K. Brown (ed),  Hobbes Studies.

H. Warrender,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

 

 

Religion, philosophy &  power  

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt. II, ch. 6‑7

Hobbes, De Cive, 11, 15‑18

Hobbes, A Dialogue of The Common Laws of England: "Of Heresy"

 

C. Cantalupo, A Literary Leviathan, ch.6.

D. Johnston, The Rhetoric of Leviathan

A.P. Martinich, “Interpretation and Hobbes’s Political Philosophy”, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 82 (2001)

M. Oakeshott, "The Moral Life in Thomas Hobbes", in Hobbes on Civil Association.

R. Rhodes, "The Test of Leviathan: Parts 3 and 4 and The New Interpretations", in Bertman and Malherbe (12).

A.A. Rogow, Thomas Hobbes, 7, 10.

 

also see references from above.

 

 

The teaching of Leviathan:   hobbesian individualism

 

I. Berlin,  "Hobbes, Locke and Professor Macpherson", Political Quarterly, 1964.

N. Bobbio, Thomas Hobbes and The Natural Law Tradition.

D.J.C. Carmichael,  "C.B. Macpherson's `Hobbes': A Critique", CJPS  XVI:1 (March, 1983), 61‑80, with Macpherson‑Carmichael "Replies", in CJPS  XVI:4 (Dec 1983).

F.C. Hood,  The Divine Politics of Thomas Hobbes.

G.S. Kavka,  Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory

C.B. Macpherson,  The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism, pp 1‑70, 87‑106.

J. Plamenatz,  Man and Society vol. I

M. Oakeshott,  Hobbes on Civil Association

G. Slomp, Thomas Hobbes and The Political Philosophy of Glory.

L. Strauss, "On The Spirit of Hobbes' Political Philosophy", in Brown, Hobbes Studies , and Natural Right and History, pp. 166‑202.

L. Strauss,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

J. Zvesper, "Hobbes' Individualistic Analysis of the Family", Politics 5:2 (1985).

 

 

Rhetoric &  the teaching of Leviathan

 

Hobbes, The Elements of Law, pt. II, chs 8‑9 .

Hobbes, De Cive, 12‑13 .

 

St. Augustine, Confessions X: 35‑43.

C. Cantalupo, A Literary Leviathan.

Hiram Caton, “Is Leviathan a unicorn? Varieties of Hobbes interpretations”, Review of Politics 56 (1994)

C. Condren, Thomas Hobbes, ch 6-8.

C. di Stefano, Configurations of Masculinity, introduction.

R.E. Ewin, Virtues and Rights: The Moral Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes.

M.M. Goldsmith, "The Hobbes Industry", Political Studies 39 1991) 135‑147.

P. Johnson, "Leviathan's Audience", in Bertman & Malherbe

D. Johnston, The Rhetoric of Leviathan.

S.A. Lloyd, Ideals as Interests in Hobbes’s Leviathan, ch 1.

H. Mansfield Jr.,  "Hobbes and The Science of Indirect Government",  APSR 65 (1971),  pp. 97‑110.

W. Mathie,  "Rhetoric and Rationality in Hobbes's Leviathan".

M. Oakeshott,  Hobbes on Civil Association .

D.D. Raphael,  Hobbes : Morals and Politics 7‑8 .

Karl Schuhmann, “Skinner's Hobbes”, British Journal for the History of Philosophy 6 (1998)

L. Strauss,  The Political Philosophy of Hobbes.

B. Telford,  "Well‑Being and Civil Society" (unpublished).