Thomas Hobbes and Political Thought in Ireland c.1660- c.1730... - 9780198904120

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Thomas Hobbes and Political Thought in Ireland c.1660- c.1730The Leviathan Released\nAuthor(s): Matthew Ward\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780198904120, 978-0198904120\nSynopsis\nThomas Hobbes and Political Thought in Ireland, c.[tel] is a history of political thought in Ireland, told from the perspective of the reception in that country of Thomas Hobbes, the English philosopher. Unlike Hobbes, political thought in Ireland has received little attention from historians: it is sometimes assumed that there is not much of a subject to study. The reception of Hobbes in Ireland forces us to challenge this assumption. \n\nTo begin with, Matthew Ward highlights the variety and sophistication of political thought in Ireland. In his political thought, Hobbes was preoccupied by sovereignty, which he conceptualized in terms of natural law and made the defining characteristic of the commonwealth, or the 'Leviatha.