IMAGES OF POLITICS AND THE POLITICS OF IMAGES: TWO THEMES ON HOBBES AND THE IMAGINATION

Authors

  • Fran de Oliveira Alavina Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2020.167287

Keywords:

Philosophy, Politics, Rhetoric, Imagination, Author, Reader

Abstract

The first part of this work starts with a passage of Machiavelli
(The prince, chapters xv and xviii) to show that the defense of a certain
“realism” in the constitution of political philosophy does not exclude
imagination. The defense of the efective truth of things against the imagined
republics has as an effect the affirmation that politics cannot operate
without images: either the politician or the political thinker should not
disregard the imagination. Therefore, the importance of an attentive
look on what is inherent to imagination: the ability to create images. In
this sense, Hobbes appears as the heir of a tradition that unfolds in two
themes: his relation with the rhetorical tradition; the readers of Machiavelli. 

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Published

2020-06-29

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How to Cite

Alavina, F. de O. (2020). IMAGES OF POLITICS AND THE POLITICS OF IMAGES: TWO THEMES ON HOBBES AND THE IMAGINATION. Cadernos Espinosanos, 42, 169-192. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2020.167287