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In this paper, I propose to examine Thomas Hobbes’s two
works most closely associated with the English Revolution, Leviathan
and Behemoth, in a somewhat non-traditional fashion. Leviathan and
Behemoth are biblical creatures mentioned in the Book of Job. Behemoth
is a land monster, as Leviathan is a sea creature (see Job 40, 15-24
and 41, 1-34). While Behemoth is clearly designed to be a history of
the Revolution, Leviathan is rarely, if ever treated as one. However, I
believe that useful and enlightening comparisons can be made between
the two works. In this paper I will ask whether Hobbes’s analysis of
the causes, effects and danger of civil strife remained the same in
these two works or whether his views changed between the writing of
Leviathan and Behemoth. I will consider what effect, if any, the
changed political contexts between the writing of the two works (1651
and approximately 1668) affected Hobbes’s conclusions about the causes
and effects of the English Revolution. I also ask whether or not, as
Stephen Holmes suggested, Hobbes consistently applies the analytical
framework for interpreting the breakdown of authority developed in
Leviathan. I will also ask what effects any changes in Hobbes’s view
might have for the larger enterprise of Hobbes scholarship. Area of
expertise: Early modern political thought and American Political
Thought |
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Name: The Midwest Political Science Association
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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| Jendrysik, Mark. "“By Land or by Sea? Hobbes’sLeviathan and Behemoth as Histories of the EnglishRevolution.”" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p82933_index.html> |
APA Citation:
| Jendrysik, M. S. , 2004-04-15 "“By Land or by Sea? Hobbes’sLeviathan and Behemoth as Histories of the EnglishRevolution.”" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p82933_index.html |
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Abstract: In this paper, I propose to examine Thomas Hobbes’s two
works most closely associated with the English Revolution, Leviathan
and Behemoth, in a somewhat non-traditional fashion. Leviathan and
Behemoth are biblical creatures mentioned in the Book of Job. Behemoth
is a land monster, as Leviathan is a sea creature (see Job 40, 15-24
and 41, 1-34). While Behemoth is clearly designed to be a history of
the Revolution, Leviathan is rarely, if ever treated as one. However, I
believe that useful and enlightening comparisons can be made between
the two works. In this paper I will ask whether Hobbes’s analysis of
the causes, effects and danger of civil strife remained the same in
these two works or whether his views changed between the writing of
Leviathan and Behemoth. I will consider what effect, if any, the
changed political contexts between the writing of the two works (1651
and approximately 1668) affected Hobbes’s conclusions about the causes
and effects of the English Revolution. I also ask whether or not, as
Stephen Holmes suggested, Hobbes consistently applies the analytical
framework for interpreting the breakdown of authority developed in
Leviathan. I will also ask what effects any changes in Hobbes’s view
might have for the larger enterprise of Hobbes scholarship. Area of
expertise: Early modern political thought and American Political
Thought |
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| By Land or by Sea? Hobbes’s Leviathan and Behemoth as Histories of the English Revolution Mark S. Jendrysik Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Political Science and Public Administration University of North Dakota Grand Forks ND 58202-8379 “For the government of a commonwealth neither wit nor prudence nor diligence is enough without infallible rules and the true science of equity and justice.” --Thomas Hobbes Behemoth 1 “Ideology is the enemy of fact.” --Jonathan Schell What is Hobbes trying to do |
| of England beyond the application of absolute power. 99 Lloyd Ideals as Interests 205. 100 While it can be argued and indeed the reader might agree the all history is reconstruction I believe that Hobbes’s histories are particular and unique examples of this tendency. 101 Lloyd Ideals as Interests 222. 102 This may be the meaning of the frontispiece of Leviathan. If we compare the top and bottom of the frontispiece we see a harmonious world under Leviathan a |
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