Revisiting Hobbes: on freedom, political authority and civil disobedience

Autores

  • Marta Nunes da Costa Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.2016.39473

Palavras-chave:

dominion, freedom, Hobbes, political authority, subjection, submission

Resumo

This paper has two main sections. First, I argue that Hobbes was capable of providing a convincing model of political authority that strengthened the absolutist monarchy, due to two main factors: on the one hand, Hobbes’ conceptualization of freedom, which allowed him to offer a new light upon the relationship between obedience, obligation, freedom and servitude; on the other hand, Hobbes’ redefinition of sovereignty via the concept of representation. I show how Hobbes was aware of the intrinsic tension derived from the attempted convergence of these two distinct logics and I question the kinds of political rupture that are possible under Hobbes’ design, in such a way that would keep a democratic instinct and impulse in political life. After I revisit the relationship between freedom, power and civil disobedience, by looking at the relationship between the sovereign’s and the subjects’ capacity of judgment and by reflecting upon contemporary democratic challenges.

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Biografia do Autor

Marta Nunes da Costa, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professora Adjunta do curso de Filosofia, UFMS. Professora Permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade do Oeste do Paraná - Unioeste

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Publicado

2018-09-30

Como Citar

Nunes da Costa, M. (2018). Revisiting Hobbes: on freedom, political authority and civil disobedience. Aufklärung: Revista De Filosofia, 5(2), p.59–74. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.2016.39473