Sovereign Resistance to Reading in Hobbes's Leviathan.

This text explores the relationship between sovereignty and reading in Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan. It argues that sovereignty both necessitates and rejects reading, excluding it in order to monopolize it. The text examines Hobbes's self-reading strategy and the tension between the need for language a...

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Published in:	CR: The New Centennial Review Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 147 - 184
Main Author:	Bascuñán, Matías
Format:	Article
Published:	Michigan State University Press Fall2023
Subjects:	Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 Political theology COVID-19 pandemic Political science writing Legal history Political philosophy Promises Natural law
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost