Images of Anarchy

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'[Evrigenis'] command of the relevant texts and of their scholarly interpretations is unsurpassed, and he engages with both in subtle ways ... [His] book, complemented by fourteen full-page illustrations, is the best sustained treatment of Hobbes' concept of the state of nature and will be essential reading for Hobbes scholars, who will find his reasoning and conclusions challenging and thought-provoking.' A. P. Martinich, The American Historical Review '[Evrigenis'] book is organised in four parts, and every part is a source of insightful observations and comments that can stimulate the imagination of the historian, the philosopher, the political theorist, the expert of English literature, the established academic as well as the young undergraduate. The analysis is inventive, authoritative, and inspiring.' Gabriella Slomp, The Seventeenth Century 'Written with exemplary historical competence, stylistic finesse, and interpretative elegance, the book will appeal to a wide academic audience - political scientists, political philosophers, sociologists, and historians.' Severin V. Kitanov, Sixteenth Century Journal '... bold, illuminating, and [a] scrupulously documented book ... this is a serious, erudite, and comprehensive book that tackles the puzzles of Hobbes's political theory with sensitivity and originality. It will repay careful study not only by Hobbes scholars but all those interested in rhetoric, early modern political thought, and the reception of antiquity in the seventeenth century.' Richard Boyd, The Review of Politics