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Hobbes Concept of Multitude

, 2011
In this brief article I expound some uses that Hobbes gave to the concept of multitude. Firstly, I explain the distinction between “people” and “multitude”, the confusion of which was regarded in De Cive as a cause of sedition.
Astorga, Omar
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Política e ciência moderna em hobbes

Kalagatos, 2021
Este artigo tem como objetivo evidenciar a relação de dependência entre a filosofia política e a filosofia natural de Hobbes. Para tanto, mostra: 1) a confiança hobbesiana no método geométrico e a inserção de Hobbes na tradição do Maker's Knowledge; 2 ...
Willam Gerson de Freitas
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The Politics of Othering in the 'Happy Soul': Historicising Abjection in the Promise of Joy for Childhood and Play

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article interrogates the politics of othering embedded in the taken‐for‐granted association of childhood, play, joy, and happiness. It explores how these notions are historically inscribed as forms of otherness tied to the affective normativity of joy.
Chushan Wu
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O contrato social de Thomas Hobbes: alcances e limites [PDF]

, 2012
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em FilosofiaO problema em questão diz respeito ao contrato que funda e legitima o Estado em Thomas Hobbes.
Teles, Idete
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Marxism and Decolonizing Praxis: From Decolonial Misinterpretations to Marxist Contributions

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article intervenes in postcolonial and decolonial critiques that portray Karl Marx and Marxism as intrinsically Eurocentric and inattentive to race, colonialism and non‐European revolutionary agency. It argues that such critiques often rely on selective, historically limited interpretations that overlook Marx's later writings, in which he
Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
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The Power of Persuasion. Rhetoric, Common Judgment and Machiavelli in Hobbes

Scienza & Politica, 2019
In this article, I explore the elusive function of rhetoric as a means to political pacification. With particular reference to Hobbes’s doctrine of the prophetic foundation of commonwealths, I contend that public persuasion, while being in most cases ...
Guido Frilli
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Spinoza on Humans as Social Animals

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Spinoza repeatedly suggests that humans are set apart from other animals by their rational and moral abilities. Yet he disparages the traditional definition of the human as a ‘rational animal’ and several of his other views suggest that these abilities are not sufficient by themselves to characterize human nature.
Ruben Noorloos
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Theory anticipating praxis. The individual in Hobbes' political Science. [PDF]

, 2023
openIl presente lavoro di tesi esplora il pensiero politico di Hobbes, in particolare il tentativo di fondare un nuovo orizzonte epistemico entro il quale pensare la politica, operando un totale cambiamento di paradigma rispetto all’antichità.
FALÒ, ALBERTO
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The Appearance of Power in Hobbes’ Leviathan

Scienza & Politica, 2019
Power is widely acknowledged as central to Thomas Hobbes’ political philosophy. There is ongoing debate over whether singular human beings or, instead, plural relationships, are the true source of power. After tracing the debate between the individualist
Meghan Robison
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Social Status, Inequality, and Redistribution

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We explore implications of social status concerns for redistribution, income inequality, and growth in a political economy framework. Salience of such concerns leads to a propagation mechanism, whereby initial income inequality and reduced willingness to redistribute income reinforce each other, potentially giving rise to multiple steady ...
Mark Gradstein, Luigi Ventura
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