Description: Metaphysical Problems, Political Solutions : Self, State, and Nation in Hobbes and Locke, Hardcover by Sokolowski, Asaf Z., ISBN 073914815X, ISBN-13 9780739148150, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In defiance of the predominant pattern of reading liberal political thought in isolation from the metaphysical and theological investigations of its classic thinkers, Metaphysical Problems, Political Solutions: Self, State, and Nation in Hobbes and Locke seeks to place their writings in context. Asaf Z. Sokolowski demonstrates that the political measures offered by theorists to remedy the social state of instability, known as the 'state of nature,' are intrinsically connected to distinctive metaphysical conceptions of the relationship between order and individuation. In each system of thought the origin and role of the self are determined by a particular conception of a created and evolving universal order. In turn, each version of order must contend with the vital question of how the individual is able to sustain a continuous identity. Thus, contrary to conventional thinking, it becomes apparent that the political theory developed by thinkers like Hobbes and Locke is predicated less on a security threat than on a debilitating insecurity concern, derived from ontological identity difficulties. This identity-focused reinterpretation of the liberal tradition transforms differences between key thinkers, previously reduced to nuance, into pivotal discords that shed a new light on the theoretical underpinnings of the self, the state, and the nation. As such, it will be valuable to scholars of political theory, metaphysics, theology, social science, and law.
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Book Title: Metaphysical Problems, Political Solutions : Self, State, and Nat
Number of Pages: 194 Pages
Publication Name: Metaphysical Problems, Political Solutions : Self, State, and Nation in Hobbes and Locke
Language: English
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Individual Philosophers, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Sociology / General, History & Theory, General, Political
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science, Social Science, Psychology
Author: Asaf Z. Sokolowski
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
