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- Title
ERKEN MODERNİZMDE SÖZLEŞMECİLİK VE AMERİKA.
- Authors
ÜNLÜ, Özlem
- Abstract
The aim of this study is to show that it is not coincidence that the concept of contractarianism which is the political and legal product of early modern political thought, emerged in England in the 17th century by centring on Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. The conceptual progress which gave birth to contractarianism, does neither arise from rational power uniquely attributed to Europe, nor be explainable on the basis of domestic political dynamics in England only. England went through a political turbulence which was finally over with a constitutional revolution after a devastating civil war, a series of republican attempts and a monarchical restoration. Contractarianism, however, would be better understood by focusing on the New World, outside rather than inside the Island. Thus, I will discuss, by approaching the political experiences of spaces outside of England from a postcolonial perspective, how those experiences are related to Hobbes' and Locke's philosophy, following the period in which capitalism's deeply rooting in England. In order to do this, I will first delve into Hobbesian state of nature with a specific focus on the concept of perpetual war with which Hobbes identifies the life of indigenous people of America. Then I will show how Lockean conception of property can finely be related to personal identity, which he considers as epistemological, rather than political notion.
- Publication
Academic Journal of Philosophy / Felsefi Düşün, 2022, Issue 19, p497
- ISSN
2148-0958
- Publication type
Article