Kritika Hobbesovy politické filosofie u Josepha Vialatouxe
Criticism of Hobbes' Political Philosophy by Joseph Vialatoux

On the Causes of Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century

Summary/Abstract: In the present text, we provide a commentary on Hobbes' political theory, written by a philosopher from Lyon Joseph Vialatoux. Vialatoux attempts to place this classic philosophical concept of political power based on materialism into new contexts. He sees an analogy between Hobbes' thinking and the totalitarian systems of the twentieth century, machine and man just part of this bureaucratic-mechanical system, also applies to all totaliNazism and Communism. What applies to the Hobbes state – Leviathan, which is just a tarian systems that have emerged in history. Vialatoux reminds us that specific politics and political power is always born in a wider philosophical and cultural context.

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