Thomas Hobbes major contribution to modern theories of the state.

      Order Description     1. Explain how Thomas Hobbes – an advocate of political absolutism – made a major contribution to modern theories of the state.   2. In what ways can Locke’s political writing be seen as liberal, and how can this liberalism be understood to be qualified?     3. Rousseau was one of the most progressive thinkers of the Enlightenment era. Discuss.     5. “The mode of production of material life conditions the social, political, and intellectual life process in general. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.” (Marx, 1859). Discuss Marx’s conception of historical materialism.     6. Outline and assess Weber’s account of the inherent rationalisation in modern capitalist society.     7. Outline and assess Durkheim’s argument that the increasing division of labour in industrial society produced a change in the nature of social solidarity.