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1、HistoryofEuropeanIdeas37(2011)160–167ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectHistoryofEuropeanIdeasjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/histeuroideasHobbesandSchmittTimothyStantonUniversityofYork,York,UnitedKingdomARTICLEINFOABSTRACTArticlehistory:ManycommentatorsareunconvincedbyCarlSchmitt’si

2、nterpretationofHobbes’spoliticaltheoryAvailableonline18December2010which,totheirminds,remakesHobbesinSchmitt’sownauthoritarianimage.TheargumentadvancedinthisessaycomprisesthreeclaimsaboutHobbesandSchmittandthewaysinwhichtheyareconstrued.Keywords:Thefirstclaimisthatcertaincommentatorsarebewitche

3、dbyapictureofauthoritywhichbiasestheirHobbesownclaimsaboutHobbes,perhapsinwaysthattheymaynotfullyappreciate.ThesecondclaimrelatesSchmitttoHobbes’sindividualism.OnSchmitt’saccount,itwasthisindividualismthatopenedthebarelyvisibleLeviathancrackinthetheoreticaljustificationofthestatethroughwhichitw

4、asworm-eatenbyliberalism.ThisAuthorityessayarguesthatHobbes’sindividualismisnotwhatSchmittorhiscriticstakeittobe.TheindividualismRightsthatfiguresinHobbes’sdiscussionsofcovenantandconscience,paceSchmitt,isanillusion,albeitoneLiberalismthatliesattheveryheartofhisconceptionofthestateandanimateshi

5、sunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenprotectionandobediencethatsustainsit.Theessayconcludeswithsomeremarksaboutthewiderimplicationsoftheargumentitadvances.ß2010ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.Introductionwhatever,theremustthereforebeonesupremepowerwhichestablishescommonruleswhichapplyauthoritat

6、ivelytoalltheOnceuponatimetheGermanjuristCarlSchmittapostrophisedmembersofthatgroupanddecidesforallofthem‘whatistobe3ThomasHobbesas‘byfarthegreatestandperhapsthesoletrulydone,ornottobedone’inthe‘commoncourseoflife’.The1systematicpoliticalthinker’.HobbesdrewSchmitt’sadmirationexistenceofsuchapo

7、werisnotoptional.Itisthenecessaryonmanycounts,butperhapsaboveallforhisformidablepreconditionofacivilizedcommonlife,whichcannotsustainitselfassessmentofthenatureofpoliticallifeitselfandofitsotherwise.consequences.ForHobbes,politicsisfirst