Le Cote obscur du Leviathan
Hobbes contre Machiavel
by Gianfranco Borrelli, translated by Thierry Menissier
The scientific analysis of human passions and behaviour led Hobbes to imagine a tutelary power without precedent, Leviathan, namely an artificial machine with the capacity to deliver humans from their suffering, a true symbol of modernity.
Gianfranco Borrelli is a professor of political philosophy at the University of Naples Frederico II. A specialist in raison d’Etat and Hobbes, he has published Ragion di Stato e Leviatano (Bologna, 1993), Non far novita . Alle radici della cultura italiana della conservazione politica (Naples, 2000), and La democrazia di governance: tra crisi di legittimazione e dispositivi d’emergenza (Soveria Mannelli, 2008). Thierry Menissier is a professor of philosophy at Grenoble – Alps University. A specialist in Machiavelli and republicanism, he has translated Le Prince by Machiavelli and has published Machiavel, la politique et l’histoire (Paris, 2001), Elements de philosophie politique (Paris, 2005), Machiavel ou la politique du centaure (Paris, 2010), and La Liberte des contemporains (Grenoble, 2011).
- By (author) Gianfranco Borrelli
- Translated by Thierry Ménissier
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