Thomas Hobbes’un sosyal sözleşme teorisinin Nietzsche’nin siyaset felsefesi doğrultusunda karşılaştırılarak değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Social contract theories are the most widely deliberated and discussed of the theories striving to explain the origin of the state with the influence of the current liberal order. Thomas Hobbes, on the other hand, diverges from the other social contract theoreticians both in its absolutist views and the systematic and materialist perspective on which his social contract theory is based upon. Friedrich Nietzsche, though, is not one of the first names to come to mind when the subject is political philosophy although his views have nurtured two vastly different political currents such as nazism and anarchism. Nietzsche's style which is far from systematic and highly literary has also played a part in this. However, if due diligence is shown, it becomes apparent that Nietzsche has a certain political philosophy. This philosophy is especially potent to direct serious critique to the social contract theory. Moreover, similarities between the philosophies of Hobbes and Nietzsche renders the comparison of the optimistic nihilism and the social contract theory of Thomas Hobbes especially interesting.