{"product_id":"the-opinion-of-mankind-sociability-and-the-theory-of-the-state-from-hobbes-to-smith-paperback","title":"The Opinion of Mankind: Sociability and the Theory of the State from Hobbes to Smith - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Sagar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow David Hume and Adam Smith forged a new way of thinking about the modern state\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the modern state? Conspicuously undertheorized in recent political theory, this question persistently animated the best minds of the Enlightenment. Recovering David Hume and Adam Smith's long-underappreciated contributions to the history of political thought, \u003ci\u003eThe Opinion of Mankind\u003c\/i\u003e considers how, following Thomas Hobbes's epochal intervention in the mid-seventeenth century, subsequent thinkers grappled with explaining how the state came into being, what it fundamentally might be, and how it could claim rightful authority over those subject to its power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHobbes has cast a long shadow over Western political thought, particularly regarding the theory of the state. This book shows how Hume and Smith, the two leading lights of the Scottish Enlightenment, forged an alternative way of thinking about the organization of modern politics. They did this in part by going back to the foundations: rejecting Hobbes's vision of human nature and his arguments about our capacity to form stable societies over time. In turn, this was harnessed to a deep reconceptualization of how to think philosophically about politics in a secular world. The result was an emphasis on the \"opinion of mankind,\" the necessary psychological basis of all political organization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDemonstrating how Hume and Smith broke away from Hobbesian state theory, \u003ci\u003eThe Opinion of Mankind\u003c\/i\u003e also suggests ways in which these thinkers might shape how we think about politics today, and in turn how we might construct better political theory.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Opinion of Mankind \u003c\/i\u003eis an ambitious, incisive contribution to political theory. In rehabilitating David Hume and Adam Smith as pivotal figures in the canon of Western political philosophy, the book shows how their writings raise fundamental questions about social cooperation and political subjection. The result is a historically rich and philosophically subtle exploration of eighteenth-century moral and political thought that will change how we interpret the role of sociability and government in the period. While crafting boldly original exegesis, Sagar at the same time asks us to ponder more deeply the relationship between past thinkers and contemporary political theory.\"\u003cb\u003e--Richard Bourke, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire and Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This ambitious book takes seriously Hume's claim that government is founded on opinion, and it works out the implications of that claim by bringing Hume into philosophical conversation with his seventeenth-century predecessors and eighteenth-century contemporaries. This is one of the most careful accounts of the sociability debate of the early Enlightenment.\"\u003cb\u003e--Iain McDaniel, University of Sussex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Tracing debates about sociability and the state from Thomas Hobbes to Adam Smith, this impressive book overturns many prominent accounts of the development of modern political thought. While principally a historical study, \u003ci\u003eThe Opinion of Mankind\u003c\/i\u003e has clear and important implications for how we think about the scope and purpose of political theory today.\"\u003cb\u003e--Robin Douglass, King's College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Sagar\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer of political theory in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Prior to this he was junior research fellow in politics at King's College, Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45988407902405,"sku":"9780691191515","price":72.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/T7e3eY8MVXs5GO1w_4OhnA.webp?v=1774325202","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-opinion-of-mankind-sociability-and-the-theory-of-the-state-from-hobbes-to-smith-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}