From mandness and insecurity of right to rationality and order of law. A dialectic reading of Thomas Hobbes
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Thomas Hobbes, right, law, political philosophy, anthropology, dialecticAbstract
I take for granted as a starting-point the anthropological antinomy on the individual/social nature of man. This antinomy is constituted politically in Hobbes’ thought as the antinomy individual/society, whose legal expression gives rise to the antinomy right/law —in his iusnaturalist conception— which reflects as well the anthropological antinomy passion/reason. This dialectical conception is only implicit in his political and legal philosophy; however, it becomes obvious if the underlying anthropology is analysed. Therefore, the problems derived from this dialectics require a dialectical solution in accordance with the dialecticity of its anthropological foundation. That is why Hobbes’ legal and political philosophy was not and is not still adequate or effective, but in a partial or negative way.
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2009-12-30
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Blasco Aznar, P. L. (2009). From mandness and insecurity of right to rationality and order of law. A dialectic reading of Thomas Hobbes. Isegoría, (41), 231–251. https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2009.i41.672
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