Политическое картезианство XVII в. и его оппоненты, или Можно ли создать государство из point fixe

Социологическое обозрение. 2012. Т. 11. № 2. С. 5–24.

Ivanova J., Sokolov P.

Present article is focused upon two samples of Early-Modern «civil sciences»: rhetorical inquiry dealing with contingency (so called «rhetorica primaria»), and mathesis politica, traditionally referring in intellectual context of the Early Enlightenment to Descartes. Special attention is paid to the famous «new sciences», which are considered in the secondary literature as antithetical: Giambattista Vico’s scienza nuova and Thomas Hobbes scientia civilis. Drawing upon almost unknown 17th century Dutch political writings, the study examines the ways of reception of Thomas Hobbes’ civil science conceived as a rhetorical inquiry. The author also explores G. Vico alternative to Hobbes’ constructionist theoretical style.

Keywords: политика, социология науки, государство, христианство, state, история понятий, politics, историческая социология, conceptual history, metaphorology, universalism, republicanism, Christianity, метафорология, универсализм, республиканизм, социология познания, социология общественного сознания, социология государства, права и политики, всемирная история философии