Hobbes's Body Politics

Meghan Robison is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Montclair State University. Her work focuses on early modern political thought, with particular attention to Thomas Hobbes. She examines how philosophical understandings of living embodiment shape the ways human beings establish relations of authority, obligation, and accountability in political and domestic domains. She has published articles in Scienza & Politica, Arendt Studies, Hypatia, and Hobbes Studies, and has contributed a chapter to The Edinburgh Critical History of Early Modern and Enlightenment Philosophy (2025).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction. Who’s Afraid of Thomas Hobbes?Chapter 1. Homo Artificialis: Art, Life and the Body Politic in the Introduction to LeviathanChapter 2. Voluntary Motion: Self-directed LifeChapter 3. Desire: Self-expressive LifeChapter 4. The Power to ProsperChapter 5. The Natural Condition of MankindChapter 6. Making Covenants of PeaceChapter 7. Authorizing PersonsNotesBibliography