The Oxford Handbook of Hobbes

The Oxford Handbook of Hobbes collects twenty-six newly commissioned original chapters on the philosophy of the English thinker Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). Best known today for his important influence on political philosophy Hobbes was in fact a wide and deep thinker on a diverse range of issues. The chapters included in this Oxford Handbook cover the full range of Hobbes''s thought--his philosophy of logic and language; his view of physics and scientific method; his ethics political philosophy and philosophy of law; and his views of religion history and literature. Several of the chapters overlap in fruitful ways so that the reader can see the richness and depth of Hobbes''s thought from a variety of perspectives. The contributors are experts on Hobbes from many countries whose home disciplines include philosophy political science history and literature. A substantial introduction places Hobbes''s work and contemporary scholarship on Hobbes in a broad context.