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100 1 Widerquist, Karl,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n2001086617|eauthor.
245 10 Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy /|cKarl
Widerquist and Grant S. McCall.
264 1 Baltimore, Maryland :|bProject Muse,|c2019.
264 3 Baltimore, Md. :|bProject MUSE, |c2019.
264 4 |c©2019
300 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages)
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Introduction -- Modern political philosophy and
prehistoric anthropology : some preliminary issues -- The
Hobbesian hypothesis : how a colonial prejudice became an
essential premise in the most popular justification of
government -- John Locke and the Hobbesian hypothesis :
how a similar colonial prejudice became an essential
premise in the most popular justification of private
property rights -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in eighteenth-
century political theory -- The Hobbesian hypothesis in
nineteenth-century political theory -- The Hobbesian
hypothesis in contemporary political theory -- The
Hobbesian hypothesis in anthropology -- Nasty and brutish?
An empirical assessment of the violence hypothesis -- Are
you better off now than you were 12,000 years ago? An
empirical assessment of the Hobbesian hypothesis --
Implications.
506 0 Open Access|fUnrestricted online access|2star
520 How modern philosophers use and perpetuate myths about
prehistory The state of nature, the origin of property,
the origin of government, the primordial nature of
inequality and war - why do political philosophers talk so
much about the Stone Age? And are they talking about a
Stone Age that really happened, or is it just a convenient
thought experiment to illustrate their points? Karl
Widerquist and Grant S. McCall take a philosophical look
at the origin of civilisation, examining political
theories to show how claims about prehistory are used.
Drawing on the best available evidence from archaeology
and anthropology, they show that much of what we think we
know about human origins comes from philosophers'
imagination, not scientific investigation. Key Features
Shows how modern political theories employ ambiguous
factual claims about prehistory Brings archaeological and
anthropological evidence to bear on those claims Tells the
story of human origins in a way that reveals many commonly
held misconceptions
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700 1 McCall, Grant S.,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
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856 40 |zOnline eBook. Open Access via Project Muse. |uhttps://
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