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Leviathan Between the Wars - Hobbes' Impact on Early Twentieth Century Political Philosophy (Paperback)
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Leviathan Between the Wars - Hobbes' Impact on Early Twentieth Century Political Philosophy (Paperback)
Series: Rechtsphilosophische Hefte Beitrage Zur Rechtswissenschaft, Philosophie Und Politik, 11
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The symbol of the Leviathan came to the forefront in political
theory, as the structure and the ideological justification of the
state underwent radical change in at least three European countries
from the early 1920s to the 1940s. Thus, the terrifying image of
Leviathan has sometimes given rise to a surprising historiography
of twentieth-century totalitarian states, tracing them back to the
origins of modern political thought, as if there were a direct line
of descent from Hobbes to Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin, or, worse
still, as if Hobbes's Leviathan (1651) were an exact anticipation
of twentieth-century political catastrophes. The differing
interpretations of Hobbes proposed by Strauss, Tonnies, Schmitt,
Vialatoux, Capitant, Pareto, Collingwood, and Oakeshott, are here
interpreted in the perspective of the interwar transformation of
Europe. The contributors, who are German, British and French
political philosophers, analyse the conditions which have made
possible conflicting readings of Hobbes's political philosophy, and
explain why they sometimes don't do justice to Leviathan.
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