Essays about: "Thomas Hobbes"

Found 5 essays containing the words Thomas Hobbes.

1. 1. The Social Contract of Live Streaming : A Case Study of Four Streams on Twitch.tv

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Desislava Atanasova; Oliver Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : Gaming culture; Immersive data collection; Live-streaming; Netnography; Online chat rooms; Social Contract Theory; Twitch.tv; Fördjupande datainsamling; Kontraktualism; Live-streaming; Netnografi; Online chattrum; Tv-spels kultur; Twitch.tv;

   Abstract : This thesis asks how unique and different communities are formed and facilitated on the live-streaming platform Twitch.tv. Twitch was chosen for its relevance to gaming culture as well as its higher number of users comparatively to its contemporaries. READ MORE

3. 2. Imperial Dignity to Princely Autonomy: a historical-philosophical study on the evolution and meaning of sovereignty in the Holy Roman Empire

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Robin Reimers; [2021]
   Keywords : Sovereignty; political philosophy; Holy Roman Empire; Golden Bull; Westphalia; political theory; European Studies; History and Archaeology; Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis conducts a study in conceptual history into the meaning of sovereignty within the Holy Roman Empire, a European political institution of states that lasted from 962 to 1806 AD. Three classical theorists in sovereignty, namely Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes, and Samuel von Pufendorf comprehend the main philosophical corps of the thesis, which will be operationalised by studying three constitutional documents from the Holy Roman Empire: the Golden Bull, the Treaty of Osnabrück, and the Treaty of Münster. READ MORE

4. 3. Thomas Hobbes' ideology and today's populist parties on the right

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Laura Conciatori; [2021]
   Keywords : State of war; natural status; Thomas Hobbes; Leviathan; populist parties; Sweden Democrats; Vox; Jobbik.;

   Abstract : Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to analyze how populist parties argue for state authority in a way that resembles Thomas Hobbes’s arguments in Leviathan. Moreover, the essay analyzes the characteristics of human nature studied by Thomas Hobbes connecting it to the importance of the National State. READ MORE

5. 4. International Anarchy & the American Leviathan : A study in the moral and empirical applications of Hobbes’ concept of anarchy to American Foreign policy

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

   Author : Nathalie Martinsdotter; Elias Johansson; [2019]
   Keywords : Thomas Hobbes; American Foreign Policy; Political Thought; International Relations; Realism; National Security Strategy; International Morality; Anarchy; Donald Trump; Barack Obama;

   Abstract : The current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has been identified as the reason for a large shift in American foreign policy towards a doctrine closer to that of political realism. This claim has led us to examine if this transformation could be detected and described if we analyzed and compared Trump’s foreign policy doctrine with his predecessor, Barack Obama, through the lens Thomas Hobbes, whose ideas are at the core of the three modern schools of political realism. READ MORE

6. 5. The Art of Carrying the Fire : Carrying the Fire: Motivation for Survival in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

   University essay from

   Author : Mikael Andersson; [2017]
   Keywords : McCarthy; The Road; Morality; Carrying the fire; Factors for motivation; Survival mentality; Religion; Society; Post-Apocalyptic; Paternal love.;

   Abstract : This essay is working on exploring what it is that motivates the man and the boy to survive despite the harsh reality they live in. The purpose of the essay is to show four main factors for motivation: morality, religion, society and paternal love. READ MORE