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The Recasting, Questionability and Applicability of Hobbes’ Leviathan

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One may enquire as to the relevance of Hobbes’ Leviathan in a modern-day context. To explore this, it is necessary to explain some — I hasten to add — not all, of Hobbes’ book.

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Kitchen, P.J. (2013). The Recasting, Questionability and Applicability of Hobbes’ Leviathan. In: Kitchen, P.J. (eds) The Dominant Influence of Marketing in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137322630_2

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