Gabriella Slomp
Biographic Data
| ID | 4373797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriella Slomp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriella |
| FAMILY NAME | Slomp |
| SIGNATURE | SLOMP G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4596-5992 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Political friendship
As Thick as Thieves
Recent decades have witnessed a revival of interest in ancient friendship both as a normative and as an explanatory concept. The literature concurs in holding Hobbes responsible for the marginalisation of friendship in political science and suggests that Hobbes devalued friendship because of his understanding of man. This article argues that although Hobbes’ appraisal of friendship hinges on his assumption that man is self-interested, his critiqu…
H obbes, T homas
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) is widely considered to be one of the greatest political philosophers in the Western tradition and a founding father of modern political thought. His examination of sovereignty is famous both for its insight and its endurance. Many readers see in Hobbes's political writings the underpinning for orientations as diverse as absolutism in domestic politics, realism in international relations, liberalism in economics, and leg…
Thomas Hobbes
Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Images of anarchy
Review of: Images of anarchy: the rhetoric and science in Hobbes’s state of nature, by Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014, 309 pp., £60.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-5215-1372-2
Limiting Leviathan
Peer reviewed
Thomas Hobbes
This short article introduces the papers that follow on the topic of Hobbes as a theorist of the law. It provides an overview of Hobbes’ reputation as a theorist of law in both domestic and international theory. The paper summarizes the papers that follow and suggest how they fit into the wider literature on Hobbes, legal theory, and constitutional theory
The inconvenience of the legislator’s two persons and the role of good counsellors
I focus on Hobbes’s distinction between the natural and political persons embodied in one sovereign and show that, driven by their passions, ignorance, or bad judgement, rulers qua natural men may undermine the end they ought to pursue qua political actors, namely the protection of the well-being of the people. In particular, as legislators, they may make laws that are unnecessary, or that the people cannot endure, or that give rise to their impa…
The liberal slip of Thomas Hobbes's authoritarian pen
In The Leviathan in the state theory of Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt puts forward the claim that there is a ‘barely visible crack’ in Hobbes's theory of the state that opened the door to liberal constitutionalism. This essay claims that Schmitt's ‘thesis of the crack’ is composed of two elements: first, Schmitt argues that Hobbes makes a concession to individual conscience in his discussion of miracles; second, Schmitt points out that Hobbes's ind…
Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror
Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form
Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt, and the Event of Conscription
Is Carl Schmitt the Thomas Hobbes of the twentieth century? Or is he the man who turned Hobbes's theory on its head? From Leo Strauss to Tracy Strong, a vast array of distinguished interpreters have addressed the above questions but have failed to reach any sort of consensus as to how they ought to be answered. The aim of this essay is to contribute to the debate by drawing attention to a single concept—conscription—that is addressed in the writi…
Carl Schmitt on Friendship
The aim of this essay is to consider both Schmitt’s polemical and his analytical claims in dealing with a concept which is central to his theory and yet strangely overlooked by the secondary literature: the concept of friendship. The essay proceeds in three steps; first it makes some textual claims about the meaning and role of friendship in Schmitt’s writings; secondly its puts forward an interpretation of the significance of friendship in Schmi…
Carl Schmitt's Five Arguments against the Idea of Just War
Carl Schmitt famously alleged that a commitment to just war fosters the criminalisation and demonisation of the enemy. The aim of this paper is to trace, analyse and evaluate five arguments that can be found in Schmitt's opus elucidating and supporting the above claims. The paper suggests that even though Schmitt's critique of just war is typically extreme, it can nevertheless enrich the current debate on just war in so far as it challenges the c…
Kant's Critique of Hobbes
Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory
The Rational Actor at Play
In Thucydides’ History , as translated by Hobbes, we find what is quite possibly the earliest statement of the so-called prisoner’s dilemma: Everyone supposeth, that his own neglect of the common estate can do little hurt, and that it will be the care of somebody else to look to that for his own good: not observing how by these thoughts of every one in several, the common business is jointly ruined ( History ( EW VIII ), 147). These keywords were…
To Infinity and No Further
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Leviathan
Hobbes and the Equality of Women
Hobbes's politics of gender affords valuable insights into his concept of equality. It is argued that: (i) although in Hobbes's theory women are equal to men ‘by nature’ and remain so ‘in natural conditions’, (ii) the Hobbesian social contract does not rule out logically the possibility of unequal treatment of men and women living in civil associations; (iii) nevertheless, contemporary interpreters can find in Hobbes's political philosophy a numb…
Carl Schmitt's Five Arguments against the Idea of Just War
Carl Schmitt famously alleged that a commitment to just war fosters the criminalisation and demonisation of the enemy. The aim of this paper is to trace, analyse and evaluate five arguments that can be found in Schmitt's opus elucidating and supporting the above claims. The paper suggests that even though Schmitt's critique of just war is typically extreme, it can nevertheless enrich the current debate on just war in so far as it challenges the c…
Carl Schmitt on Friendship
The aim of this essay is to consider both Schmitt’s polemical and his analytical claims in dealing with a concept which is central to his theory and yet strangely overlooked by the secondary literature: the concept of friendship. The essay proceeds in three steps; first it makes some textual claims about the meaning and role of friendship in Schmitt’s writings; secondly its puts forward an interpretation of the significance of friendship in Schmi…
Hobbes and the Equality of Women
Hobbes's politics of gender affords valuable insights into his concept of equality. It is argued that: (i) although in Hobbes's theory women are equal to men ‘by nature’ and remain so ‘in natural conditions’, (ii) the Hobbesian social contract does not rule out logically the possibility of unequal treatment of men and women living in civil associations; (iii) nevertheless, contemporary interpreters can find in Hobbes's political philosophy a numb…
The liberal slip of Thomas Hobbes's authoritarian pen
In The Leviathan in the state theory of Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt puts forward the claim that there is a ‘barely visible crack’ in Hobbes's theory of the state that opened the door to liberal constitutionalism. This essay claims that Schmitt's ‘thesis of the crack’ is composed of two elements: first, Schmitt argues that Hobbes makes a concession to individual conscience in his discussion of miracles; second, Schmitt points out that Hobbes's ind…
Leviathan
As Thick as Thieves
Recent decades have witnessed a revival of interest in ancient friendship both as a normative and as an explanatory concept. The literature concurs in holding Hobbes responsible for the marginalisation of friendship in political science and suggests that Hobbes devalued friendship because of his understanding of man. This article argues that although Hobbes’ appraisal of friendship hinges on his assumption that man is self-interested, his critiqu…
Thomas Hobbes
This short article introduces the papers that follow on the topic of Hobbes as a theorist of the law. It provides an overview of Hobbes’ reputation as a theorist of law in both domestic and international theory. The paper summarizes the papers that follow and suggest how they fit into the wider literature on Hobbes, legal theory, and constitutional theory
Leviathan
Hobbes and the Equality of Women
Hobbes's politics of gender affords valuable insights into his concept of equality. It is argued that: (i) although in Hobbes's theory women are equal to men ‘by nature’ and remain so ‘in natural conditions’, (ii) the Hobbesian social contract does not rule out logically the possibility of unequal treatment of men and women living in civil associations; (iii) nevertheless, contemporary interpreters can find in Hobbes's political philosophy a numb…
To Infinity and No Further
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory
The Rational Actor at Play
In Thucydides’ History , as translated by Hobbes, we find what is quite possibly the earliest statement of the so-called prisoner’s dilemma: Everyone supposeth, that his own neglect of the common estate can do little hurt, and that it will be the care of somebody else to look to that for his own good: not observing how by these thoughts of every one in several, the common business is jointly ruined ( History ( EW VIII ), 147). These keywords were…
Kant's Critique of Hobbes
Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes
Carl Schmitt's Five Arguments against the Idea of Just War
Carl Schmitt famously alleged that a commitment to just war fosters the criminalisation and demonisation of the enemy. The aim of this paper is to trace, analyse and evaluate five arguments that can be found in Schmitt's opus elucidating and supporting the above claims. The paper suggests that even though Schmitt's critique of just war is typically extreme, it can nevertheless enrich the current debate on just war in so far as it challenges the c…
Carl Schmitt on Friendship
The aim of this essay is to consider both Schmitt’s polemical and his analytical claims in dealing with a concept which is central to his theory and yet strangely overlooked by the secondary literature: the concept of friendship. The essay proceeds in three steps; first it makes some textual claims about the meaning and role of friendship in Schmitt’s writings; secondly its puts forward an interpretation of the significance of friendship in Schmi…
Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror
Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form
Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt, and the Event of Conscription
Is Carl Schmitt the Thomas Hobbes of the twentieth century? Or is he the man who turned Hobbes's theory on its head? From Leo Strauss to Tracy Strong, a vast array of distinguished interpreters have addressed the above questions but have failed to reach any sort of consensus as to how they ought to be answered. The aim of this essay is to contribute to the debate by drawing attention to a single concept—conscription—that is addressed in the writi…
The liberal slip of Thomas Hobbes's authoritarian pen
In The Leviathan in the state theory of Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt puts forward the claim that there is a ‘barely visible crack’ in Hobbes's theory of the state that opened the door to liberal constitutionalism. This essay claims that Schmitt's ‘thesis of the crack’ is composed of two elements: first, Schmitt argues that Hobbes makes a concession to individual conscience in his discussion of miracles; second, Schmitt points out that Hobbes's ind…
Limiting Leviathan
Peer reviewed
Thomas Hobbes
This short article introduces the papers that follow on the topic of Hobbes as a theorist of the law. It provides an overview of Hobbes’ reputation as a theorist of law in both domestic and international theory. The paper summarizes the papers that follow and suggest how they fit into the wider literature on Hobbes, legal theory, and constitutional theory
The inconvenience of the legislator’s two persons and the role of good counsellors
I focus on Hobbes’s distinction between the natural and political persons embodied in one sovereign and show that, driven by their passions, ignorance, or bad judgement, rulers qua natural men may undermine the end they ought to pursue qua political actors, namely the protection of the well-being of the people. In particular, as legislators, they may make laws that are unnecessary, or that the people cannot endure, or that give rise to their impa…
Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Images of anarchy
Review of: Images of anarchy: the rhetoric and science in Hobbes’s state of nature, by Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014, 309 pp., £60.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-5215-1372-2
H obbes, T homas
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) is widely considered to be one of the greatest political philosophers in the Western tradition and a founding father of modern political thought. His examination of sovereignty is famous both for its insight and its endurance. Many readers see in Hobbes's political writings the underpinning for orientations as diverse as absolutism in domestic politics, realism in international relations, liberalism in economics, and leg…
Thomas Hobbes
As Thick as Thieves
Recent decades have witnessed a revival of interest in ancient friendship both as a normative and as an explanatory concept. The literature concurs in holding Hobbes responsible for the marginalisation of friendship in political science and suggests that Hobbes devalued friendship because of his understanding of man. This article argues that although Hobbes’ appraisal of friendship hinges on his assumption that man is self-interested, his critiqu…
Political friendship
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