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03041aam a2200385 i 4500 001 4EDB9DC8F69E11E78A00251D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180111010238 008 160830s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016028992 020 $a 1107153794 020 $a 9781107153790 035 $a (OCoLC)954223920 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d YDX $d VA@ $d STF $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JC135.H659 $b M34 2016 082 00 $a 320.01 $2 23 084 $a POL010000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a McClure, Christopher Scott, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016047217 245 10 $a Hobbes and the artifice of eternity / $c Christopher Scott McClure. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a vii, 234 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Thomas Hobbes argues that the fear of violent death is the most reliable passion on which to found political society. His role in shaping the contemporary view of religion and honor in the West is pivotal, yet his ideas are famously riddled with contradictions. In this breakthrough study, McClure finds evidence that Hobbes' apparent inconsistencies are intentional, part of a sophisticated rhetorical strategy meant to make man more afraid of death than he naturally is. Hobbes subtly undermined two of the most powerful manifestations of man's desire for immortality: the religious belief in an afterlife and the secular desire for eternal fame through honor. McClure argues that Hobbes purposefully stirred up controversy, provoking his adversaries into attacking him and unwittingly spreading his message. This study will appeal to scholars of Hobbes, political theorists, historians of early modern political thought and anyone interested in the genesis of modern Western attitudes toward mortality"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a The desire for immortality as a political problem -- The effectual truth of Hobbes's rhetoric -- Leviathan as a scientific work of art -- The hollow religion of Leviathan -- Hell and anxiety in Hobbes's Leviathan -- War, madness and death: the paradox of honor in Hobbes's Leviathan -- Self-interest rightly understood in Behemoth: the case of General Monck -- The afterlife and immortality. 600 10 $a Hobbes, Thomas, $d 1588-1679. $t Leviathan. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84233406 630 07 $a Leviathan (Hobbes, Thomas) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356067 650 0 $a Immortality (Philosophy) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064533 650 0 $a Political science $x Philosophy. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004669 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Immortality (Philosophy) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00967858 650 7 $a Political science $x Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069819 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217031458.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4EDB9DC8F69E11E78A00251D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search