The sick body: covid-19 and social contract crisis

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378643726

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Covid-19, Hobbes, Body Politic, Social Contract, Liberalism, Political Philosophy

Abstract

In the introduction to his book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes draws a precise analogy between bodies, being the State a body politic similar to the natural body. Thus, the State would have an artificial life analogous to the natural one that would allow its own artificial movement. With the rise of neoliberalism in the twentieth century, there is an intensification of the market rules over the political power, which inevitably lead to the rupture with the social contract that guaranteed rights for the entire population. In face of the covid-19 pandemic, we shall return to the Hobbesian analogy between a sick natural body and the disease that afflicts the body politic: the sedition.

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Author Biography

Luiz Maurício Bentim da Rocha Menezes, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG

Professor of Philosophy at Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG

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Published

2020-07-03

How to Cite

Menezes, L. M. B. da R. (2020). The sick body: covid-19 and social contract crisis. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 11, e9. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378643726

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Vol. 11 (2020): Special Ed. (2020): Pandemic and Philosophy (Continuous Publishing)

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Special Ed.: Pandemic and Philosophy (continuous publication)

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