Tomaz Mastnak

Hobbes's Behemoth: Religion and Democracy Tomaz Mastnak

Brief Description: This volume contains analyses and interpretations of Thomas Hobbes' "Behemoth": the structure of its argument, its relation to the philosopher's other writings, and its place in its historical context. Brief Description: Hobbes's Behemoth has always been overshadowed by his more famous Leviathan, which is arguably his masterpiece and is one of the greatest works of political philosophy. Behemoth, Hobbes's "booke of the Civill Warr," on the other hand, is most often...

Contributor Bio:  Mastnak, Tomaz Tomaz Mastnak is Director of Research at the Institute of Philosophy of the Center for Scientific Research at the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana.