HOBBES, PITKIN AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
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Actions, representation, identity, contract, actors, convention.Abstract
The present article intends to examine the argumentative tension present in Chapter XVI of Leviathan, especially as regards the theatrical scene political composed of certain theoretical elements, such as the staff natural and artificial assignments of actions and words, on the one hand, and political authority, on the other hand. It is evident that the proper contextualization of these theoretical elements is essential to determine if the assumptions of the construction of an identity between the will and the actions of the actor and the author in the context of the constitution of the person civil public. This identity shows, in turn, that the theory of political representation developed in Leviathan, argues from a correlational identification between the one who authorizes an action and, respectively, the one who is authorized to act on behalf of another.Downloads
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