Hobbesian Internationalism, 1st ed. 2019 Anarchy, Authority and the Fate of Political Philosophy International Political Theory Series
Auteur : Lechner Silviya
This book sets out to re-examine the foundations of Thomas Hobbes?s political philosophy, and to develop a Hobbesian normative theory of international relations. Its central thesis is that two concepts ? anarchy and authority ? constitute the core of Hobbes's political philosophy whose aim is to justify the state. The Hobbesian state is a type of authority (juridical, public, coercive, and supreme) which emerges under conditions of anarchy ('state of nature'). A state-of-nature argument makes a difference because it justifies authority without appeal to moral obligation. The book shows that the closest analogue of a Hobbesian authority in international relations is Kant's confederation of free states, where states enjoy 'anarchical' (equal) freedom. At present, this crucial form of freedom is being threatened by economic processes of globalisation, and by the resurgence of private authority across state borders.
PART I. Authority
Chapter 1. Reading Hobbes as a Theorist of Anarchy and Authority
Chapter 2. Authority and the Problem of Political Philosophy
PART II. Anarchy
Chapter 3. The State of Nature in The Elements
Chapter 4. The State of Nature in De Cive
Chapter 5. The State of Nature in Leviathan
PART III. Hobbes’s Theory of International Relations
Chapter 6. Hobbes and the International Anarchy
Chapter 7. Hobbesian Internationalism: Hobbes Meets Kant
Chapter 8. Challenges: Globalisation and the Resurgence of Private Authority
Silviya Lechner was Assistant Professor and is currently a senior visiting research fellow at King’s College London, UK. She specialises in social and political philosophy, theory of action, and international political theory. She is the co-author of Practice Theory and International Relations (with M. Frost, 2018).
Shows that Hobbes's political philosophy can illuminate contemporary philosophical debates on the character of political authority and obligation
Defends a structuralist explanation of the state of nature as a set of external relations between free and equal agents
Offers a comparative analysis of Hobbes’s accounts of morality in The Elements, De Cive, and Leviathan
Date de parution : 12-2020
Ouvrage de 200 p.
14.8x21 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 73,84 €
Ajouter au panierDate de parution : 12-2019
Ouvrage de 200 p.
14.8x21 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 73,84 €
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Mots-clés :
Thomas Hobbes; authority; right to rule; anarchy; state of nature; political philosophy; theory of international relations; moral principles; The Elements; De Cive; Leviathan; morality and politics; natural unsociability; state of war; war of all against all; right of nature; normativism; private authority; globalisation; global governance