Hobbesian Internationalism
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 supre...
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 supre...
