Politicized Physics in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Gewicht:
426 g
Format:
230x149x17 mm
Beschreibung:
This book examines the role that natural philosophy (that is, doctrines of physics) plays in the emergence of Early Modern political thought. Robert J. Roecklein argues that the natural philosophy of Early Modernity, especially its indictment of sense perception, constitutes a major political foundation for the more concrete doctrines of political science developed by Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza.
Introduction: Physics and PoliticsChapter 1: Francis Bacon's Uncharitable Charity: The Birth of a New RationalityChapter 2: Descartes and the Science of AuthorityChapter 3: Hobbes's Natural ScienceChapter 4: Hobbes's 'Right of Nature' and the Politics of AgonyChapter 5: On Spinoza's 'Substance' or 'God'Conclusion: Early Modern Philosophy, Just the FactsBibliography