Hobbesian Internationalism: Anarchy, Authority and the Fate of Political Philosophy

by Silviya Lechner

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303030695X
• ISBN13: 9783030306953
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"