<p>Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking Politics host David Runciman, Confronting Leviathan explores some of the most important concepts and prominent ideas behind modern politics — from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, and from revolution to lockdowns.</p>.<p>While explaining the most important and often-cited ideas of thinkers such as Constant, De Tocqueville, Marx and Engels, Hayek, MacKinnon and Fukuyama, David Runciman shows how crises — revolutions, wars, depressions, pandemics — generated these new ways of political thinking. </p>.<p>David Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and the author of many books about politics. He writes regularly about politics and current affairs for a wide range of publications including the London Review of Books.</p>
<p>Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking Politics host David Runciman, Confronting Leviathan explores some of the most important concepts and prominent ideas behind modern politics — from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, and from revolution to lockdowns.</p>.<p>While explaining the most important and often-cited ideas of thinkers such as Constant, De Tocqueville, Marx and Engels, Hayek, MacKinnon and Fukuyama, David Runciman shows how crises — revolutions, wars, depressions, pandemics — generated these new ways of political thinking. </p>.<p>David Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and the author of many books about politics. He writes regularly about politics and current affairs for a wide range of publications including the London Review of Books.</p>
