Subjectivity Politics: Descartes and Political Theology
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Descartes, politics of subjectivity, political theology, absolutism, decisionism, Jean Bodin, Carl Schmitt, Machiavelli, Hobbes.
Abstract
What political philosophy can be reconstructed from the premises of Cartesian philosophy? Two hypotheses will be suggested in order to answer that question: 1) The political philosophy derived from Descartes’ ideas suggests a political philosophy committed to the principles of political absolutism, and 2) The key of Cartesian political philosophy lies in political theology: in that voluntarism which links the metaphysical decisionism related to the good, justice and truth with the political decisionism assumed by absolutism. Reconstructing the political philosophy in Descartes will, therefore, push us to return to the theological disputes of the Baroque.Downloads
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2017-12-11
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Arenas L. (2017). Subjectivity Politics: Descartes and Political Theology. Ingenium. Revista Electrónica de Pensamiento Moderno y Metodología en Historia de las Ideas, 11, 11-28. https://doi.org/10.5209/INGE.58299
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