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HOBBESIAN INTERNATIONALISM IBD

SILVIYA LECHNER
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
12 / 2019
9783030306922
Inglés

Sinopsis

This book sets out to re-examine the foundations of Thomas HobbesâÇÖs 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 HobbesâÇÖs political philosophy whose aim is to justify the state. The Hobbesian state is a type of authority á(juridical, public, coercive, and supreme) which emerges under conditions of anarchy (âÇÖstate of natureâÇÖ). A state-of-nature argument makes a difference because it justifies authority without appeal to moral obligation. The book shows that the closest analogue of a Hobbesian authority in international relations is KantâÇÖs confederation of free states, where states enjoy âÇÖanarchicalâÇÖ (equal) freedom. At present, this crucial form of freedom is being threatened by economic processes of globalisation, and by the resurgence of private authority across state borders.