Author Meets Critics: Devin Stauffer - Hobbes's Kingdom of Light: A Study of the Foundations of Modern Political Philosophy

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

In Hobbes's Kingdom of Light Devin Stauffer argues that Hobbes's ambition of establishing political order on new grounds requires addressing two conceptually distinct but concretely intertwined foes: Christian theology and classical philosophy.

Section

• 45. Foundations of Political Theory

Chair

• Paul Wilford, Boston College

Participants

• Paul Franco, Bowdoin College

• Giorgi Areshidze, Claremont McKenna College

• Devin Andrew Stauffer, The University of Texas at Austin

• Geoffrey Vaughan, Assumption College

• Sarita Zaffini, University of Chicago