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Hobbesian Internationalism Silviya Lechner

Hobbesian Internationalism By Silviya Lechner

Hobbesian Internationalism by Silviya Lechner


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The Hobbesian state is a type of authority (juridical, public, coercive, and supreme) which emerges under conditions of anarchy ('state of nature'). The book shows that the closest analogue of a Hobbesian authority in international relations is Kant's confederation of free states, where states enjoy 'anarchical' (equal) freedom.

Hobbesian Internationalism Summary

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

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 of nature'). 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 Kant's confederation of free states, where states enjoy 'anarchical' (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.

About Silviya Lechner

Silviya Lechner was Assistant Professor and is currently a senior visiting research fellow at King's College London, UK. She specialises in social and political philosophy, theory of action, and international political theory. She is the co-author of Practice Theory and International Relations (with M. Frost, 2018).

Table of Contents

PART I. Authority

Chapter 1. Reading Hobbes as a Theorist of Anarchy and Authority

Chapter 2. Authority and the Problem of Political Philosophy


PART II. Anarchy

Chapter 3. The State of Nature in The Elements

Chapter 4. The State of Nature in De Cive

Chapter 5. The State of Nature in Leviathan


PART III. Hobbes's Theory of International Relations

Chapter 6. Hobbes and the International Anarchy

Chapter 7. Hobbesian Internationalism: Hobbes Meets Kant

Chapter 8. Challenges: Globalisation and the Resurgence of Private Authority

Additional information

NLS9783030306953
9783030306953
303030695X
Hobbesian Internationalism: Anarchy, Authority and the Fate of Political Philosophy by Silviya Lechner
New
Paperback
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2020-12-30
200
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