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Reclaiming the Rights of the Hobbesian Subject

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  1. Eleanor Curran

    1. Kent University, England

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 1-7

  3. The Historical Context of Hobbes’s Political Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Examining the Orthodoxy — Hobbes and Royalism

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 11-25

    3. The Political Context — Taking Sides?

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 26-62

  4. Hobbes’s Theory of Rights: The Textual Argument

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Liberties and Claims — Rights and Duties

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 65-102

    3. The Full Right to Self-Preservation and Sovereign Duties

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 103-122

  5. Hobbes and Theories of Natural Law and Natural Rights

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. The Natural Rights Tradition — With or Without Hobbes?

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 125-150

  6. Hobbes’s Theory of Rights — A Modern Secular Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Current Discussions of Hobbesian Rights. The Distorting Lens of Hohfeld

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 153-176

    3. Conclusion: Towards a Hobbesian Theory of Rights

      • Eleanor Curran
      Pages 177-186

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 187-205
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'There are no substantive rights for subjects in Hobbes's political theory, only bare freedoms without correlated duties to protect them'. Curran challenges this orthodoxy of Hobbes scholarship, and argues that Hobbes's theory is not a theory of natural rights but rather, a modern, secular theory of rights, with relevance to modern rights theory.

Reviews

'In this ambitious and lucid book, Eleanor Curran sets out to challenge some of the main orthodoxies of Hobbesian scholarship...Curran's book performs a great service and deserves to be read by all serious Hobbes scholars. It represents a significant departure from existing treatments, and is richly thought-provoking both in its advocacy of a 'strong' theory of rights, and in its criticism of the existing scholarship. This engaging and lively book may thus itself hope to form a starting point for argument, controversy and debate.' British Journal for the History of Philosophy

'...detailed [and] sophisticated...' - Hobbes Studies

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kent University, England

    Eleanor Curran

About the author

ELEANOR CURRAN is a Lecturer at Kent Law School, The University of Kent, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reclaiming the Rights of the Hobbesian Subject

  • Authors: Eleanor Curran

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592742

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00149-7Published: 09 November 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-27989-0Published: 01 January 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59274-2Published: 08 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 205

  • Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy

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