HOBBES AS A PHILOSOPHER OF POWER

• Authors: Riška Augustín
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This essay is devoted to a critical analysis of the theory of power of Thomas Hobbes, as he presented it especially in his masterpiece, Leviathan (1651). Considering new contributions to this theme (M. Weber, B. Russell, C. W. Mills, A. Goldman, S. Lukes, etc.), author strives to explicate Hobbes' ideas by means of such concepts as desire, interest, causation, as well as the right of nature and liberty. Special attention is being paid to the question of social contract and sovereign power, in which author sees a danger of a totalitarian grip on power.

Keywords

EN

HOBBES THOMAS; LIBERTY; NATURAL RIGHTS; POWER; WEBER MAX

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 511-519
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Riška Augustín

• Philosophy Department St. John’s University, New York, USA

• A. Riska, Philosophy Department St. John's University, New York, USA

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06SKAAAA01543386