"That democratic ink must be wiped away" : hobbes and the normativity of democracy
Hobbes's preference for monarchical sovereign forms and his critique of democratic political organization are well known. In this article I suggest, however, that his opposition to democratic life constitutes the central frame through which we must understand some of the most important theoreti...
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Main Author: | Holman, Christopher |
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Other Authors: | School of Social Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155903 |
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