{"product_id":"a-readers-companion-to-the-prince-leviathan-and-the-second-treatise-hardcover","title":"A Reader's Companion to the Prince, Leviathan, and the Second Treatise - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn T. Bookman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMachiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke each sought a new foundation for political order. This book serves as a reader's companion to Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, Hobbes's \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, and Locke's \u003ci\u003eSecond Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e written for graduate students and scholars seeking a fuller understanding of these classic texts. How do these philosophers respond to perennial questions such as why anyone is ever obligated to obey a government and whether there are any limits to such an obligation. In this book, Bookman begins by sorting out the hermeneutical controversy between textualists and contextualists, offers a chapter-by-chapter commentary on the texts punctuated by questions for the reader's reflection, and finally suggests a firmer foundation for a theory of political obligation than Hobbes's and Locke's consent theories. Also included are bibliographical essays keyed to select bibliographies, providing readers with a wide-ranging, critical review of the secondary literature. Intended to be read alongside the primary work, the work is a full intellectual, critical, and bibliographical history, as well as a fresh examination of three classic texts in political theory and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMachiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke each sought a new foundation for political order. This book serves as a reader's companion to Machiavelli's \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, Hobbes's \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, and Locke's \u003ci\u003eSecond Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e written for graduate students and scholars seeking a fuller understanding of these classic texts. How do these philosophers respond to perennial questions such as why anyone is ever obligated to obey a government and whether there are any limits to such an obligation. In this book, Bookman begins by sorting out the hermeneutical controversy between textualists and contextualists, offers a chapter-by-chapter commentary on the texts punctuated by questions for the reader's reflection, and finally suggests a firmer foundation for a theory of political obligation than Hobbes's and Locke's consent theories. Also included are bibliographical essays keyed to select bibliographies, providing readers with a wide-ranging, critical review of the secondary literature. Intended to be read alongside the primary work, the work is a full intellectual, critical, and bibliographical history, as well as a fresh examination of three classic texts in political theory and philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e​John T. Bookman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Northern Colorado, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mythology of American Politics: A Critical Response to Fundamental Questions \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and, with Stephen T. Powers, \u003ci\u003eThe March to Victory\u003c\/i\u003e (1986). He taught political philosophy and American politics for many years to undergraduate and graduate students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794687623456,"sku":"9783030028794","price":129.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dcee7c3ae0a6ba2b9affd36fa0679661.webp?v=1780731018","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-readers-companion-to-the-prince-leviathan-and-the-second-treatise-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}