Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins

Abstract

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 A Focus on Paradoxes -- The structure of incoherence -- Misconceptions parried -- Postscript: a substantive basis -- 2 Prerequisites as Outcomes: Thomas Hobbes and the Paradoxes of Political Origins -- The suspicion of ambiguity: methodological implications -- Solutions unresolved -- The missing terms of the social contract -- Notes -- Index.