Does Hobbes have a concept of the enemy?

被引:5
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作者
Holmes, Stephen [1 ]
机构
[1] NYU, Sch Law, Law, 550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10003 USA
关键词
Thomas Hobbes; Carl Schmitt; enemy; friend; war;
D O I
10.1080/13698231003787802
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
This is an attempt to clarify the relation between Schmitt and Hobbes by examining Hobbes's thinking about enemies and enmity. On the one hand, Hobbes shares a strong war/crime distinction with Schmitt. On the other hand, Hobbes never suggests that lethal enmity gives a 'meaningful' tension to human life. Hobbes also describes the way feverish human minds may imagine enemies where none exist. This is another non-Schmittian theme. Although Schmitt was a profoundly anti-Hobbesian thinker for these and other reasons, an examination of Hobbes with the Schmittian question ('who is the enemy?') in mind, proves exceptionally fruitful, opening up aspects of Hobbes's political theory that have hitherto lingered in obscurity.
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页码:371 / 389
页数:19
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