Leviathan
(2017)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States]: Interactive Media, 2017
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781787242746 (electronic bk.) MWT11926624, 1787242749 (electronic bk.) 11926624
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Leviathan is one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. A classic western work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. Written during the English Civil War (1642-1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign
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