Modern Western Political Thought

"Regardless of where he is, life is free, he is bound." Now, the famous introduction Jean-Jacque Rousseau has begun his work "Social Contract". The purpose of social contract is to determine how people enter civil society without sacrificing individual freedom. Rousseau conceived a social contract to unite people. In order to analyze social contracts, we have to study how Rousseau solves four problems of political philosophical order, freedom, justice and history.

Thomas Hobbes, born in 1588, is a British philosopher and an important figure in modern Western political philosophy. The question that this school basically asks questions should be the relation between people and society? If society does not exist, Hobbes will be interested in the order of our world. For him, this is very chaotic. If we do not have a society to put things together, our world will be involved in fierce violence and resource competition. Hobbes is not optimistic towards people. He thinks that we really need society to prevent us from getting into turmoil

Thomas Hobbes was a British philosopher and political theorist of the 17th century and was known for his political thought in modern times. Hobbes witnessed terrorist attacks of British civil war between 1642 and 1661. He was convinced that absolute monarchy is the only form of government that can provide a safe environment for practicing these benefits while maintaining individuals and their interests. Hobbes wrote about the concept of absoluteism or absolute monarchy.

The emergence of modern state institutions is closely related to changes in political thinking, especially the constantly changing understanding of the power and control of legitimate states. Early modern absoluteists such as Thomas Hobbes and Jean Bodin (absolute monarchy), the power of the king should be proved by referring to people, hence the king's theocracy doctrine He claimed to be impaired. In particular, Hobbes further believes that political power should be based not only on people who collectively understand it, but also on individuals (written by Hobbes during the British civil war). Both Hobbes and Bodin believe they do not claim democracy, but they preserve the power of the king, but their argument about the essence of sovereignty is more like a British Sir Robert Filler It is strongly opposed by defenders of the power of the traditional king. He believes that this defense eventually opens the way for more democratic claims.