Theo de Wit
Biographic Data
| ID | 9626153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theo de Wit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theo |
| FAMILY NAME | de Wit |
| SIGNATURE | DE WIT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
De emancipatie van het slachtoffer: Achtergrond, culturele betekenis, keerzijden
Decolonizing the “state of nature” in political thought
The study of coloniality as a “social imaginary” (Charles Taylor) from the perspective of decoloniality invites European scholars, to “think again”, to interrogate their own traditions, including their modern political philosophical tradition. In this article, I will discuss a powerful modern political imaginary, namely the democratic narrative of the “social contract”. Such narratives or “imaginations of our origin” (Ursprungsphantasien: Philip …
Modern State as Mortal God: On rogues and rogue states
Prisoners are confined in the name of the state as the holder of the monopoly of coercion and violence. To delegitimize religion as a political factor, the modern European state has often been upgraded to a divine authority, endowed with sovereign, that is: unlimited power. For Hobbes, this state was an answer to the “state of nature”, a state of permanent threatening violence, where everyone has a “right to everything”. His sovereign state even …
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Modern State as Mortal God: On rogues and rogue states
Prisoners are confined in the name of the state as the holder of the monopoly of coercion and violence. To delegitimize religion as a political factor, the modern European state has often been upgraded to a divine authority, endowed with sovereign, that is: unlimited power. For Hobbes, this state was an answer to the “state of nature”, a state of permanent threatening violence, where everyone has a “right to everything”. His sovereign state even …
Decolonizing the “state of nature” in political thought
The study of coloniality as a “social imaginary” (Charles Taylor) from the perspective of decoloniality invites European scholars, to “think again”, to interrogate their own traditions, including their modern political philosophical tradition. In this article, I will discuss a powerful modern political imaginary, namely the democratic narrative of the “social contract”. Such narratives or “imaginations of our origin” (Ursprungsphantasien: Philip …
De emancipatie van het slachtoffer: Achtergrond, culturele betekenis, keerzijden
Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Citizenship (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (1 works) · Hegelianism (1 works)