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POLI 315W HUM 497W CHLI497W
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Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and the Modern Age |
Spring 2006 TTh11:20a-12:50p WLT
235 Prof. Sammy Basu |
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Description
This course is devoted to the close reading
of Thomas Hobbes's great 'discourse of Common-wealth,' Leviathan (1651). Leviathan is widely said to have ushered in
the Modern age though there is less agreement about just what that means. The
course will consider the Leviathan and the interactions between its political, economic,
philosophical, scientific, religious and literary dimensions in relevant
historical contexts including the English Revolution, the advent of Capitalism,
the Cartesian Revolution, the Scientific Revolution, the Protestant Reformation
and the transformation of Humanist Rhetoric. The guiding question for the course is Ôwhat does it mean to
be Modern?Õ
Rationale
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was a
well-acquainted and widely read English philosopher with diverse
interests. His writings (in Latin
and English) extend from the vivid translation into English of ThucydidesÕ History
of the Peloponnesian War, to theoretical problems in geometry and natural science, theological
controversies, philosophical questions, history and historiography, poetry, and
most notably, to politics. His
most famous and influential political work is the Leviathan (1651), written in English to reach
the most readers, and so named to allude to the Book of Job. In it Hobbes explained that because there are Òthose that
contend, on one side for too great Liberty, and on the other side for too much
Authority, Ôtis hard to passe between the points of both unwounded,Ó but that
he had nonetheless navigated just that middle road. Although the fundamental tension between liberty and
authority animates the Leviathan, in addressing it Hobbes ranges well beyond politics. Indeed, the Leviathan is said by many, though for
different reasons, to have ushered in the Modern age. This course will involve a close reading of the Leviathan from the pictorial summary of the
frontispiece to the conclusion where Hobbes affirms that this book should be
mandatory reading in all universities for the sake of ÒPublique
Tranquillity.Ó It will also consider
the Leviathan and
the interactions between its political, economic, philosophical, scientific,
religious and literary dimensions in relevant historical contexts including the
English Revolution, the advent of Capitalism, the Cartesian Revolution, the
Scientific Revolution, the Protestant Reformation and the transformation of
Humanist Rhetoric. In reading
Hobbes, the guiding question for the course will be Ôwhat does it mean to be
Modern?Õ
Grade Components
This
is a single-text centered course with the writing-intensive requirement to
complete a substantial research term paper related to issues raised by the
text.
Research
Term Paper 70
Proposal: 5
First draft: 10
Second draft: 40
Final draft: 10
Oral Presentation: 5
Midterm
Examination: 15
Participation 15
Attendance: 5
In-class contributions: 5
Peer Feedback: 5
You
must receive a passing grade in each component to pass the course.
If
you believe that you may have a disability requiring accommodation please
contact
Disability Services, Baxter Hall, Phone:
(503) 370-6471, (TT) (503) 375-5383.
Retroactive
accommodation will not be possible.
Required Texts
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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan. (Ed.) Richard Tuck. Cambridge. 0521396417 |
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Wootton, David. (Ed.) Divine Right and Democracy. Hackett. 087220653X |
Recommended/Reserve
Reading
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Tristam Hunt. 2003. The English Civil War: At First
Hand. Orion. 1842126644 at Amazon |
Additional Reserve
Readings
Primary Works:
The Geneva
Bible, a facsimile of the 1560 edition. With an introd. by Lloyd E. Berry
Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press, 1969
BS170
1560a
The Geneva
Bible : the annotated New Testament, 1602 edition : with introductory essays /
edited by Gerald T. Sheppard
New York :
Pilgrim Press, c1988
BS2070
1602
Hobbes,
Thomas, 1588-1679
Leviathan /
Thomas Hobbes ; edited by Richard Tuck
Rev. student
ed
Cambridge ;
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996
JC153
.H65 1996
Hobbes,
Thomas, 1588-1679
The
correspondence / Thomas Hobbes ; edited by Noel Malcolm
Oxford :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994
B1246 .A4
1994 v.1
B1246 .A4
1994 v.2
Hobbes,
Thomas, 1588-1679
On the
citizen / Thomas Hobbes ; edited and translated by Richard Tuck, Michael
Silverthorne
New York, NY
: Cambridge University Press, 1998
JC153
.H5213 1998
Thucydides
The Peloponnesian
War. The Thomas Hobbes translation. Edited by David Grene, with an introd. by
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press, [1959]
DF229.T5
H6 1959 v.1
DF229.T5
H6 1959 v.2
Secondary Works:
Baumgold,
Deborah
Hobbes's
political theory / Deborah Baumgold
Cambridge ;
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988
JC153.H66
B35
Dietz, Mary
G. (Ed.) Thomas Hobbes and political theory
Lawrence,
Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1990
JC153.H66
Johnston,
David, 1951-
The rhetoric
of Leviathan : Thomas Hobbes and the politics of cultural transformation
Princeton,
N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1986
JC153.H66
Macpherson,
C. B. (Crawford Brough), 1911-
The
political theory of possessive individualism: Hobbes to Locke
Oxford :
Clarendon Press, 1988, c1962
JC153.M2
Martinich,
Aloysius
A Hobbes
dictionary / A.P. Martinich
Oxford, UK :
Blackwell Publishers ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : B. Blackwell, 1995
B1246 .M37
1995
Rogers, G.A.J.
and Alan Ryan (Eds.). Perspectives on Thomas Hobbes
Oxford :
Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988
B1247
.P42
Skinner,
Quentin
Reason and
rhetoric in the philosophy of Hobbes / Quentin Skinner
Cambridge ;
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996
B1248.R43
S55 1996
Skinner,
Quentin
Visions of
politics / Quentin Skinner
Cambridge ;
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002
JA71
.S4848 2002 v.1
JA71
.S4848 2002 v.2
JA71
.S4848 2002 v.3
Electronic primary
texts
Thomas
Hobbes, The English Works of Thomas Hobbes in 11 Volumes (1839-1845)
http://oll.libertyfund.org/ToC/0051.php
The
English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury; now first collected and edited by
Sir William Molesworth, Bart. (London: John Bohn, 1839-1845).
* Vol.
I. Logic. First grounds of philosophy. Proportions of motions and
magnitudes. Physics, or the phenomena of nature.
* Vol.
II. Liberty. Dominion. Religion.
* Vol.
III. Leviathan or, the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth,
Ecclesiastical and Civil (1839).
* Vol.
IV. Tripos. Answer to Bishop Bramhall's book, called The catching of the
Leviathan. Historical narration concerning heresy, and the punishment thereof.
Considerations upon the reputation, loyalty, manners and religion of Thomas
Hobbes. Answer to Sir William Davenant's preface before "Gondibert".
Letter to the Right Honourable Edward Howard.
* Vol.
V. The questions concerning liberty, necessity, and chance, clearly stated
and debated between Dr. Bramhall and Thomas Hobbes.
* Vol.
VI. A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of
England; Behemoth: The History of the Causes of the Civil Wars of England,
essays on Rhetoric and Sophistry (1840).
* Vol.
VII. Seven philosophical problems. Decameron physiologicum. Proportion of a
straight line to half the arc of a quadrant. Six lessons to theetc., of Dr.
Wallis. Extract of a letter from Henry Stubbe. Three papers presented to the
Royal Ssociety against Dr. Wallis. Considerations on the answer of Dr. Wallis.
Letters and other pieces.
* Vol.
VIII-IX. Eight Books of the Peloponnesian War written by Thucydides the Son
of Olorus, interpreted with Faith and Diligence immediately out of the Greek by
Thomas Hobbes.
* Vol.
X. The Iliads and Odysses of Homer. Translated out of Greek into English by
Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. With a Large Preface concenring the Virtues of an
Heroic Poem; written by the Translator (1844).
* Vol.
XI. Index.
Squashed
version of the Leviathan
http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/hobbes.htm
Hobbes,
Thomas. 1680. Considerations
upon the reputation, loyalty, manners, & religion of Thomas Hobbes of
Malmsbury. Wing / 106:11
Electronic Text Re-Sources
The
Bible, King James Version
Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html
Cockeram, Henry, fl. 1650
The English dictionarie : or, An interpreter of hard English words
PE1620.C63 1647
http://library.willamette.edu/project/index.cgi?work=Dict
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of
virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British
North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the
first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and
Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home
The
Oxford Text Archive Website (OTA) works closely with members of the Arts and
Humanities academic community to collect, catalogue, and preserve high-quality
electronic texts for research and teaching. The OTA currently distributes more
than 2500 resources in over 25 different languages, and is actively working to
extend its catalogue of holdings. http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/
Project
Gutenberg
is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts).
http://promo.net/pg/
Oxford
English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English
language over the last millennium.
http://dictionary.oed.com/
Electronic Secondary Sources
British
Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-1660
The
"English Civil War" of the mid-17th Century was part of a wider
conflict that involved Scotland and Ireland as well as England and Wales. Also
called "The Wars of the Three Kingdoms" and the "English
Revolution", the British Civil Wars and Commonwealth period laid the
foundations of the modern British constitution. From the signing of the Scottish National Covenant of 1638
to the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, this site explores the turmoil of
the Civil Wars and Interregnum, and the constitutional experiments of the
Commonwealth and Protectorate period of the 1650s.
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/index.htm
J.P.
SommervilleÕs Timelines
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-20.htm
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-24.htm
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-25.htm
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-26.htm
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-27.htm
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-28.htm
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-29.htm
BBC,
The English Civil War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/englishcivilwar/index.shtml
BBC,
Open University, Civil War
http://www.open2.net/civilwar/
http://www.open2.net/civilwar/index.html
Channel
4, Time travellerÕs guide to Stuart England
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide17/part01.html
A
Brief Life of Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679 by John Aubrey
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/hobbes_life.html
Hobbes
timelines
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/hobbes.html
http://www.msu.org/ethics/content_ethics/texts/hobbes/hobbes_eb.htm
Hobbes
Additional Resources
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/hobbes/index.html
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/hobbes/hobbesadd.htm
Origins
of Modernity
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/rare/modernity/index.html
Research Paper Guidelines
In
the Research Term Paper (70% of grade) you are asked to approach your own specific
formulation of the general question: Ôwhat is living and what is dead in
HobbesÕs Leviathan? That is, having identified some specific aspect or issue or
controversy, x, in the text
– we will discuss examples and potential topics in class - you have two
tasks: 1. Situate HobbesÕs analysis of x in its historical context and in
relation to his immediate contemporaries, and 2. Reflect critically on the
relevance, insight, or implications of HobbesÕs analysis of x today. In doing both you must also attend to
relevant classic and current secondary scholarship on x.
Got
topic?
go
to http://library.willamette.edu/research/db/list/
and search for Hobbes, Leviathan and x
Academic Search premier
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and
Criticism
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Or
try http://scholar.google.com/
Requirements:
Proposal
(5%) - 5 p. (1500 words) careful research design
specification of thesis/problem/topic,
ten keywords,
relevant existing scholarship,
own hypotheses,
methods of enquiry/testing,
references (4 articles, 3 books, 2 texts from
Wootton, 2 texts from eebo 1600-1680).
First
draft of paper (10%) - a 15 p. (4500 words) partial draft
title: subtitle,
abstract,
ten keywords,
outline,
introduction,
body of paper in sections according to outline,
conclusion,
references (8 articles, 6 books, 4 texts from
Wootton, 4 texts from eebo 1600-1680),
Second
draft (40%) – a 40 pp (12000 words) mechanically flawless full draft
title: subtitle,
abstract,
ten keywords,
outline,
introduction,
body of paper in sections according to outline,
conclusion (which includes a section on where
further research should go),
references (12 articles, 8 books, 4 texts from
Wootton, 10 texts from eebo 1600-1680),
Final
draft (10%) – a 40+ pp. (12000+ words) complete piece of original
research
title: subtitle,
abstract,
ten keywords,
outline,
body of paper in sections according to outline,
conclusion (which includes a section on where
further research should go),
references (12 articles, 8 books, 4 texts from
Wootton, 10 texts from eebo 1600-1680),
Reference
Method throughout: MLA or APA
only, pick one and use it consistently.
Oral
presentation (5%)
presentation
of the arguments and findings of research paper in class. Use of
Information Technology in presentation, displaying graphics etc., is strongly
encouraged.
Schedule
Date Topic
17 Jan T
Introduction
Intellectual
History
What was question to which x is answer?
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contextualism v. historicism or antiquarianism
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political but also economic and socio-cultural contexts
What is living and what is dead in x?
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fusion of horizons v. utilitarianism
What do you find in x?
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analytical philosophy and postmodernism v. subjectivism
Historiography
Historical empiricism
v.
Whig History
Marxist History
Gender History
Postmodern History
http://www.willamette.edu/~sbasu/poli212/212historyhistorio.htm
http://www.open2.net/renaissance2/what/what.html
Mid-17th
Century
http://www.willamette.edu/~sbasu/poli212/Hobbes1.htm
Read: Wootton, DR&D, Preface
Wootton: ÒThe seventeenth
century was EnglandÕs Òcentury of revolution,Ó an era in which the nation
witnessed protracted civil wars, the execution of a king, and the declaration
of a short-lived republic. During this period of revolutionary crisis,
political writers of all persuasions hoped to shape the outcome of events by
the force of their arguments. To read the major political theorists of Stuart
England is to be plunged into a world in which many of our modern conceptions
of political rights and social change are first formulated.Ó
Themes: The Divine Right of Kings
The Common Law
Parliamentary Constitutionalism
Godly Rule and Toleration
Democracy and Communism
Usurpation and Tyrannicide
The Science of Liberty
The Domestication of Man
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Why
Hobbes? Fascinating originality Lucidity
of language Ambitious
grand theory |
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Recommended
survey of scholarship on Hobbes:
Perez
Zagorin. 1990. ÔHobbes
on our MindÕ. Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 51, No. 2. (Apr. - Jun.,
1990), pp. 317-335.
19 Jan Th
Reception
History, HobbesÕs Response, and the Historical Context
Assignment: Run a search on eebo between the years 1679 and 1685
with keyword: ÒHobbesÓ.
You
should be given 202 hits in 37 records.
Read:
numbers
1 and 5, write a one paragraph summary of each and be prepared to discuss their
contents.
Read:
Hobbes,
Thomas. 1680. Considerations
upon the reputation, loyalty, manners, & religion of Thomas Hobbes of
Malmsbury.
Wing / 106:11
Read:
A
Brief Life of Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679 by John Aubrey
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/hobbes_life.html
Historiography
and Hobbes
http://www.willamette.edu/~sbasu/poli212/HistoriographyandHobbes.htm
24 Jan T
HobbesÕs
Biography in Historical Context
http://www.open2.net/civilwar/1.0.tremors.html
http://www.open2.net/civilwar/timeline.html
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/hobbes.html
http://www.msu.org/ethics/content_ethics/texts/hobbes/hobbes_eb.htm
26 Jan Th
Read:
Wootton, DR&D, 22-38
INTRODUCTION
Absolutism and the Ancient Constitution.
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CHAPTER ONE: THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS 1. An Homily Against Disobedience and Wylful
Rebellion (1570). 2. James VI and I, The Trew Law of Free
Monarchies (1598). 3. James VI and I, A Speech to the Lords and
Commons of the Parliament at White-Hall (1610). 4. Robert Filmer, Observations upon AristotleÕs
Politiques (1652). 5. The Judgment and Decree of the University of
Oxford . . . against Certain Pernicious Books and Damnable Doctrines (1683). |
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Presenter |
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Wootton, DR&D, CHAPTER TWO: THE COMMON LAW 1. Sir John Davies, Le Primer Report des Cases
et Matters en Ley Resolues et Adiudges en les Courts del Roy en Ireland
(1615). 2. Sir Edward Coke, Le Tierce Part des Reportes
(1602). 3. John Lilburne, The Just Defence of John
Lilburn, against Such as Charge Him with Turbulency of Spirit (1653). 4. John Warr, The Corruption and Deficiency of
the Lawes of England Soberly Discovered: or Liberty Working up to Its Just
Height (1649). |
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Text |
Presenter |
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Wootton, DR&D, CHAPTER THREE: PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTIONALISM 1. The Petition of Right (1628). 2. Charles I, His Majesties Answer to the
Nineteen Propositions of Both Houses of Parliament (1642). 3. Philip Hunton, A Treatise of Monarchy
(1643). |
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31 Jan T
Read:
Wootton, DR&D, 38-58
INTRODUCTION
Democracy: the People and the Multitude.
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Text |
Presenter |
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Wootton, DR&D, CHAPTER FOUR: GODLY RULE AND TOLERATION 1. Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of
Ecclesiasticall Politie; The Sixth and Eighth books (1648). 2. Richard Baxter, A Holy Commonwealth, or
Political Aphorisms, Opening the True Principles of Government (1659). 3. Roger Williams, The Bloudy Tenent of
Persecution, for Cause of Conscience, Discussed (1644). 4. William Walwyn, The Compassionate Samaritane
(1644). |
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Text |
Presenter |
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Wootton, DR&D, CHAPTER FIVE: DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNISM 1. EnglandÕs Miserie and Remedie (1645). 2. An Agreement of the People (1647). 3. The Putney Debates (1647). 4. Gerrard Winstanley, A New-Yeers Gift for the
Parliament and Armie (1650). |
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Text |
Presenter |
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Wootton, DR&D, CHAPTER SIX: USURPATION AND TYRANNICIDE 1. Anthony Ascham, Of the Confusions and
Revolutions of Governments (1649). 2. Robert Sanderson, A Resolution of Conscience
(1649). 3. An Act for Abolishing the Kingly Office (17
March 1649). 4. An Act for Subscribing the Engagement (2
January 1650). 5. Some Scruples of Conscience which a Godly
Minister in Lancashire Did Entertain (1650). 6. William Allen (i.e. Edward Sexby), Killing Noe
Murder (1657). |
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2 Feb Th
Read:
Wootton, DR&D, 58-77
INTRODUCTION
From Duty to Self-Interest.
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Text |
Presenter |
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Wootton, DR&D, CHAPTER SEVEN: THE SCIENCE OF LIBERTY 1. Francis Bacon, The Essayes or Counsels,
Civill and Morall (1625). 2. James Harrington, The Art of Lawgiving in
Three Books (1659). 3. Algernon Sidney, Discourses Concerning
Government (1698). |
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Text |
Presenter |
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Wootton, DR&D, CHAPTER EIGHT: THE DOMESTICATION OF MAN 1. John Selden, Table Talk (1689). 2. Thomas Hobbes, Philosophicall Rudiments
Concerning Government and Society (1651). 3. John Locke, The Reasonableness of
Christianity (1695). 4. Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees;
or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits (1714). |
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7 Feb T
HobbesÕs
Leviathan
Read: Tuck, ix-xxx.
Hobbes
and Historiography
Read:
Whig
Richard
Boyd. 2001. Thomas Hobbes and the Perils of Pluralism.
The Journal of
Politics.
Vol. 63, No. 2 (May, 2001), pp. 392-413.
Marxist
Ashcraft, Richard. 1971. Hobbes's Natural
Man: A Study in Ideology Formation.
The Journal of
Politics. Vol. 33, No. 4 (Nov., 1971), pp. 1076-1117.
Feminist
Carole
Pateman. 1989. 'God Hath Ordained to Man a Helper': Hobbes,
Patriarchy and Conjugal Right. British Journal
of Political Science > Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct., 1989), pp. 445-463.
PostModern
Stillman,
Robert E. 1995. HobbesÕs
Leviathan: Monsters, Metaphors, and Magic. ELH 62.4 (1995) 791-819.
Historiography and Hobbes
http://www.willamette.edu/~sbasu/poli212/HistoriographyandHobbes.htm
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9 Feb Th Film:
Cromwell RCA/Columbia
Pictures Home Video, 1987 (139 min.) : Ò17th century Britain is a hotbed of
revolution, treachery, and court intrigue. And standing in the center of this
tumultuous storm is Oliver Cromwell. The clash between Cromwell and King
Charles I is fought in castle corridors, on the floor of Parliament, and
finally in a rousing battle between their two armies.Ó |
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14 Feb T
The
power of matter: the scientific dimensions of the Leviathan
Read:
pp. 1-37
16 Feb Th
The
power of nature: the psychological dimensions of the Leviathan
Read:
pp. 37-62
21 Feb T
The
power of words: the rhetorical dimensions of the Leviathan
Read:
pp.62-111
23 Feb Th
Read:
pp. 111-54
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric
28 Feb T
The
power of power: the political dimensions of the Leviathan
Read:
pp.155-200
2 Mar Th
Read:
pp. 201-54
7 Mar T
The power of belief:
the religious dimensions of the Leviathan
Read:
pp. 255-9, 267-73, 278, 280, 284-5, 297-300, 305-6, 307-11, 320-6, 333, 342-45
9 Mar Th
Read:
pp. 372-3, 387, 402-15, 418, 425-6, 430, 435-6, 444, 479-82
14 Mar T
The
power of images: the frontispiece
of the Leviathan
Read:
lxxiv, 2, 448-9, 483-91
Assignment:
From
eebo, locate and email me the bibliographical information and stable url for
two (2) title-pages with images that you feel shed light on how to interpret
some aspect or feature of the Leviathan frontispiece, and be prepared to
explain that interpretation in class.
I
will post the info as you forward it to me.
If
one or both of your finds have already been listed by someone else, then keep
looking.
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title |
image |
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Joyce
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A Prognosticall prediction 1644 A declaration of a strange and wonderfull monster 1646 A spie 1648 Divine fire-works7 1657 |
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Travis
S |
Hobbes's Thucydides Frontispiece: Thucydides.
Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian warre. 1634 Sceptre / God Lightning: Scupoli, Lorenzo. The
spiritual conflict. 1652. Job: Hoddesdon,
John. The
holy lives of God's prophets. 1653 Heaven and Hell: Bšhme,
Jakob. Aurora.
1656. Tyrant: May,
Thomas. Arbitrary
government display'd to the life. 1683. |
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Brent
K |
Anon. The true portraiture of a prodigious monster. 1655. |
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Trevor
E |
Vicars, John. 1643. Behold
Romes monster on his monstrous beats! Peters, Hugh. 1660. Hugh
Peters figaries: or, His merry tales, and witty jests. |
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Justin
B |
Charles
I. 1648. The copies of several papers. Morgan,
Sylvanus. 1661. Wilkins,
John. 1676. Of the principles and duties of natural religion. |
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Matthias
J |
Anon. 1660. Anon.
1635. The
Ages of sin. |
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Josh
L |
Grosse, Robert. 1647. Bayly, Thomas. 1649. |
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16 Mar Th
Midterm
Examination (15%)
21 Mar T
bring
to class a draft of the proposal
for
the purposes of in-class peer editing and informal remarks from me.
I may also have a clarification
or two to share in light of the quiz outcomes.
23 Mar Th
NO
CLASS
Due:
Proposal (5)
you
can turn this in any time before but must do so by 2pm sharp
to
my office, smullin 322.
27-31 spring
break
4 Apr T
Curran, Eleanor. 2002. ÒA Very Peculiar
Royalist. Hobbes in the Context of
his Political Contemporaries.Ó British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 10, 2, 167-208.
6 Apr Th
Discuss
first draft
11 Apr T
Due: First Draft (10) at 3pm
Labiano, Jesus M. Zaratiegui. 2000. A reading of Hobbes' `Leviathan' with economists' glasses. International Journal of Social Economics;
2000, Vol. 27 Issue 1/2, p134, 13p
at
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&an=2899378
13 Apr Th
Frost,
Samantha. 2005. ÒHobbes and the Matter of Self-Consciousness.Ó Political
Theory, 33, 495-517.
http://ptx.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/4/495
18 Apr T
Martel,
James R. 2004. ÒStrong Sovereign, Weak Messiah: Thomas Hobbes on Scriptural
Interpretation, Rhetoric and the Holy Spirit.Ó Theory and Event, 7:41.
at
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/v007/7.4martel.html
|
20 Apr Th
– Ewbank,
Inga-Stina. 1989. ÒMasques and Pageants,Ó in The Cambridge Cultural History
of Britain. Vol. 4: Seveteenth-Century Britain. Ed. B. Ford.NY: Cambridge,
104-117. Miller,
Ted. 2004. ÒThe Uniqueness of Leviathan: Authorizing Poets, Philosophers, and Sovereigns,Ó
in Leviathan After 350 Years. Eds. T. Sorell and L. Foisneau. Oxford: Clarendon,
75-103. ÒLeviathan
and the Court Masque: Permissible RhetoricsÓ |
Assistant
Professor of
Political Science University
of Alabama |
graduated
from the University of Chicago (BA), and received his Ph.D. from the
University of California, San Diego (1999). His research and teaching interests
are in Political Theory. His work has been published in Inquiry (1997, 1999) and he is
currently preparing a book manuscript on Thomas Hobbes. His interests
include Early Modern and Contemporary Political Thought, and Critical Theory.
His work connects Political Philosophy with Early Modern British History, the
History of Science, and with English Literature. He has been awarded
Huntington Library Fellowships, and an Earhardt Foundation Fellowship. He has
taught and held research positions at the University of Michigan and
Dartmouth College. |
21 Apr F
– scheduled one-on-one meetings to discuss drafts
25 Apr T
peer review of
drafts
27 Apr Th
Due: Second Draft (40)
5 May F
Due: Final Draft (10)
9 May - 2-5 pm
Due: Oral Presentation (5)
Oral Presentations of Individual
Papers