The Sovereign and the Social: Arendt's Understanding of Hobbes  

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Degryse, Annelies

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 15 no. 2 (Jun. 2008), page 239-258.
Topik: Arendt; Sovereignty; Hobbes; The Social; Schmitt; Lefort
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Inthis articel, I claim that Arendt understands Hobbes not only as the theoretical father of totalitarianism, but also of what Arendt calls 'the social.' I do so by first presevting her view on imperialism and the rise of the Leviathan. Hobbes gives birth to a state that asks for absolute obedience, depriving all his subjects of political, or (for Arendt) participation rights. This leads to Arendt's understanding of sovereignty as domination. According to Arendt, Hobbes's Leviathan not only gives rise to power pilitics, but also to totalitarianism. Hobbes's new model of politics is reduced to a function of society and has 'socialized' men. Politics is reduced to government , while human beings are reduced to bourgeoisie. As I show, these changes give rise to another monster, the social, or what Pitkin calls 'the Blob.' Thus, Hobbes is not only the theoretical father of totalitarianism, but also of 'the Blob.' This leads me to sketch Arendt's metaphysics of presence, that is, how only actual acting brings about the political. To do so, I contrast Arendt with Claude Lefort's theory of democracy.

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