Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy
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Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy

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Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy

About this book

This book looks at how modern philosophers pass on myths about prehistory.Why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, and the primordial nature of inequality and war are popular topics in political philosophy, but are they being used as more than just illustrative examples? Does the best available evidence from archaeology and anthropology support or conflict with the stories being passed on by political philosophers?This book presents a philosophical look at the origin of civilization, examining political theories to show how claims about prehistory are used and presents evidence that much of what we think we know about human origins comes not from scientific investigation but from the imagination of philosophers.

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Yes, you can access Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy by Karl Widerquist, Grant S. McCall in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Political History & Theory. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1 Introduction
  4. Chapter 2 Modern Political Philosophy and Prehistoric Anthropology: Some Preliminary Issues
  5. Chapter 3 The Hobbesian Hypothesis: How a Colonial Prejudice Became an Essential Premise in the Most Popular Justifi cation of Government
  6. Chapter 4 John Locke and the Hobbesian Hypothesis: How a Similar Colonial Prejudice Became an Essential Premise in the Most Popular Justifi cation of Private Property Rights
  7. Chapter 5 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Eighteenth-Century Political Theory
  8. Chapter 6 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Nineteenth-Century Political Theory
  9. Chapter 7 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Contemporary Political Theory
  10. Chapter 8 The Hobbesian Hypothesis in Anthropology
  11. Chapter 9 Nasty and Brutish? An Empirical Assessment of the Violence Hypothesis
  12. Chapter 10 Are You Better Off Now Than You Were 12,000 Years Ago? An Empirical Assessment of the Hobbesian Hypothesis
  13. Chapter 11 Implications
  14. References
  15. Index