On Citizenship

Author: Hobbes
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: De Cive is the first full exposition of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher. Professors Tuck and Silverthorne have undertaken the first complete translation since 1651, an edition long thought to be at least sanctioned by Hobbes himself. On the Citizen is written in a clear, straightforward, expository style, and in many ways offers students a more digestible account of Hobbes's political thought than the Leviathan itself. This new translation is both accurate and accessible, and is itself a significant schology, a bibliography and an expository introduction. Throughout, the editors have emphasized consistency in the translation and usage of Hobbes's basic conceptual vocabulary, respecting Hobbes's own concern for accurate definition often.
RICHARD TUCK is Professor of Government at Harvard University and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. He is the author of many books and articles, including the volume on Hobbes in the Oxford Past Masters series (1989), and he has previously edited Hobbes: Leviathan for the Cambridge Texts series.
MICHAELS SIVERTHORNE is Associate Professor in the Department of History at McGill University. He has published widely on the history of ideas, and has previously translated for the Cambridge Texts series: Pufendorf: On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to Natural Law (1991).