The Ideology Of Order: A Comparative Analysis Of Jean Bodin And Thomas Hobbes

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part One: Introduction. Absolutism And Pluralism -- The Methodological Relevance Of History -- Distinctive Features Of The Present Analysis -- Individual And Collective Sovereignty In Bodin And Hobbes -- Federalism And Pluralism -- The Legacy Of Order -- Part Two: Absolutist Perspectives. History: Italy And Machiavelli -- History: France And Bodin -- History: England And Hobbes -- Part Three: Twilight Of The Pluralist State: Jean Bodin. Bodinian Overview -- The Family -- Private Corporate Bodies -- The Family And Private Corporate Bodies -- Public Corporations: Iuges Et Magistrats -- The Sovereign: Exposition -- The Sovereign: Analysis -- Part Four: Dawn Of The Absolutist State: Thomas Hobbes. Hobbesian Overview: Facts And Norms -- Hobbesian Overview: Family And State -- The Individual -- Mother And Infant -- Parent And Child -- Corporate Structure -- State Structure -- Conclusion -- Part Five: Conclusion. The Ideology Of Order -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index. By Preston King. Bibliography: P. [341]-347.