Prehistoric myths in modern political philosophy

How modern philosophers use and perpetuate myths about prehistory.<p>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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Widerquist, Karl, author (author), McCall, Grant S., author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2017.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421473206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 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
  • References
  • Index.