TWO SOURCES OF THE IDEA OF SOCIAL ORDER IN THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THOMAS HOBBES: LIFE AND DEATH (FEAR)
Abstract
The most prominent contemporary interpretations of the political philosophy of Hobbes focus on the phenomenon of the manageability of death and life by questioning its pure legalistic and proceduralist character (social choice theory, contracting, etc.). Philosophers such as Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben have developed their own versions of the bio-political ontology of sovereignty, largely by reference to Hobbes' analysis in “Leviathan” and “De Cive”. The main aim of this article is to outline and compare two effective approaches to the Hobbesian conceptualization of state and society in the 20th century, one offered by Leo Strauss and another by C.B. Macpherson. Subsidiary aim of the presented reflection is to show that Leo Strauss and C.B. Macpherson provide more complex and sophisticated understanding of the relationship between power (governance) and life (and death) in Hobbes' political thought than the representatives of the “biopolitical-ontological” school.
References
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Abstract
Hobbes'un politik felsefesinin en önemli çağdaş yorumları, onun pür legalistik ve prosedüralist karakterini (sosyal seçim teorisi, sözleşmecilik vs) sorgulayarak ölümün ve yaşamın yönetilebilirliği fenomenine odaklanırlar. Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida ve Giorgio Agamben gibi filozoflar, büyük ölçüde Hobbes'un Leviathan ve De Cive'da ortaya koyduğu analizleri referans alarak egemenliğin biyo-politik ontolojisine dair kendi versiyonlarını geliştirmişlerdir. Bu yazının temel amacı, ilkin, Hobbesçu devlet ve toplum kavramsallaştırmasına dair 20. yüzyılda Leo Strauss ve C.B.Macpherson tarafından geliştirilmiş iki etkili yaklaşımı ana hatlarıyla ortaya koymak ve onlar arasında karşılaştırma yapmaktır. İkinci olarak, Leo Strauss'un ve C.B.Macpherson'ın Hobbes'un politik düşüncesinde iktidar (yönetsellik) ile yaşam (ve ölüm) arasındaki ilişki konusunda biyo-politik-ontoloji okulunun temsilcilerinin sunduğundan daha incelikli bir anlayış sağladıklarını göstermektir.
References
- Ahrensdorf, Peter J, "The Fear of Death and the Longing for Immortality: Hobbes and Thucydides on Human Nature and the Problem of Anarchy", The American Political Science Review, Vol. 94, No. 3 (Sep., 2000).Balibar, E, ‘Possessive Individualism’Reversed: From Locke to Derrida", Constellations, Vol. 9, No. 3 (September 2002) .Foucault, Michel, Toplumu Savunmak Gerekir, çev. Şehsuvar Aktaş, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2001Foucault, Michel, The History of Sexuality. Volume I: Introduction, tr. R. Hurley, New York: Pantheon Books.Hobbes, Thomas, “To the Readers”, Hobbes’s Thucydides, ed-trans: Richard Schlatter, Rutgers University Press, 1975.Hobbes, Thomas, Leviathan, ed-introduction: C.B.Macpherson, Penguin Books, 1968. Hobbes, Thomas, Leviathan, çev. Semih Lim, YKYMacpherson, C.B., The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism, Oxford Clarendon Press, 1962.Rahe, Paul A, Against Throne and Altar, Cambridge University Press, 2008.Rahe, Paul, "Thucydides' Critique of Realism", Roots of Realism, ed.B.Frankel, Routledge, 1997.Strauss, Leo, "Review of C. B. Macpherson's The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism Hobbes to Locke" , Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy, The University of Chicago Press, 1983.Strauss, Leo, The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, trans. Elsa M. Sinclair, The University of Chicago Press, 1996.Strauss, Leo, “Thukydides: The Meaning of Political History”, The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism, The University of Chicago Press, 1989Strauss, Leo, Natural Right and History, Cambridge University Press, 1963.
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Subjects | Philosophy |
| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | April 28, 2020 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2020 |
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