Human Nature in the Political Philosophy of Modernity

• Authors: Kli Maria
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines the relation between the problem of human nature and political theory; it is claimed that every such theory is founded on some anthropological precon-ditions. The paper studies the political conceptions of four modern philosophers: Thom-as Hobbes, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Pyotr Kropotkin. It reveals that two opposing tendencies form the imaginary of the modern era: the authoritative one that identifies an egoistic/ unsociable human nature that needs control, and the libertarian one that recognizes a human being capable of more advanced types of social fabric. It is also investigated how anthropological dualism can be transcended to permit the concep-tion of a new anthropological type as well as the type of society that will help the hu-man potentiality of consciousness and coexistence to unfold.

Keywords

EN

human nature; political theory; modernity; society; social contract; civilization; sovereignty; freedom; needs; happiness; constitution; subject; consciousness; coexistence

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 153-163

Contributors

author

Kli Maria

• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Attikis 5, Rafina Attikis, 19009, Greece