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THOMAS HOBBES AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
THOMAS HOBBES AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

Author(s): Adrian-Claudiu Stoica
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Philosophy, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: social contract; absolutism; human nature; representation; political authority;

Summary/Abstract: Through his work, Thomas Hobbes has an original contribution to the modern state development. He published the main work, Leviathan (1651), in a turbulent period in England's history. It crossed two civil wars (1642-1646 and 1648), and King Charles I was beheaded (1649). Hobbes decided to react to the violence in the society, concerned about the wickedness of man and the violence in society. He developed a theory that promotes the absolute power of the sovereign. The project proposed by Hobbes, based on the idea of a social contract, is a particularly innovative one.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 122-127
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian
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